Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 42, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/42/425706
Keywords
nanowires; electrical contacts; scanning tunnelling microscopy; Ohmic; rectifying; ZnO
Funding
- EPSRC
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We demonstrate here a method using a multi-probe UHV instrument to isolate and measure individual metal contacts controllably fabricated on the tips of free standing ZnO nanowires (NWs). The measurements show Au can form reliable Ohmic and rectifying contacts by exercising control over the surface properties. In the as-grown state the Au contacts display low-resistance characteristics which are determined by the adsorbed species and defects on the NW surface. Subjecting the NWs to an oxidising agent (H2O2) increases the surface potential barrier creating more rectifying contacts. These developments are crucial for controllable NW array devices.
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