Controlling the Electrical Transport Properties of Nanocontacts to Nanowires

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• 作者：Alex M. Lord ; Thierry G. Maffeis ; Olga Kryvchenkova ; Richard J. Cobley ; Karol Kalna ; Despoina M. Kepaptsoglou ; Quentin M. Ramasse ; Alex S. Walton ; Michael B. Ward ; J眉rgen K枚ble ; Steve P. Wilks
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 8, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：7
• 页码：4248-4254
• 全文大小：396K
• ISSN：1530-6992

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The ability to control the properties of electrical contacts to nanostructures is essential to realize operational nanodevices. Here, we show that the electrical behavior of the nanocontacts between free-standing ZnO nanowires and the catalytic Au particle used for their growth can switch from Schottky to Ohmic depending on the size of the Au particles in relation to the cross-sectional width of the ZnO nanowires. We observe a distinct Schottky to Ohmic transition in transport behavior at an Au to nanowire diameter ratio of 0.6. The current鈥搗oltage electrical measurements performed with a multiprobe instrument are explained using 3-D self-consistent electrostatic and transport simulations revealing that tunneling at the contact edge is the dominant carrier transport mechanism for these nanoscale contacts. The results are applicable to other nanowire materials such as Si, GaAs, and InAs when the effects of surface charge and contact size are considered.