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Writing and Low-Temperature Characterization of Oxide Nanostructures
Published on: July 18, 2014
Low-temperature electronic transport in single K(0.27)MnO(2)·0.5H(2)O nanowires: enhanced electron-electron
1College of Physics Science, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and electrical resistivity of isolated potassium manganese oxide (K(0.27)MnO(2)·0.5H(2)O) nanowires prepared by a simple hydrothermal method were investigated over a wide temperature range from 300 to 4 K. With lowering temperature, a transition from linear to nonlinear I-V curves was observed around 50 K, and a clear zero bias anomaly (i.e., Coulomb gap-like structure) appeared on the differential conductance (dI/dV) curves, possibly due to enhanced electron-electron interaction at low temperatures. The temperature dependence of resistivity, [Formula: see text], follows the Efros-Shklovskii (ES) law, as expected in the presence of a Coulomb gap. Here we note that both the ES law and Coulomb blockade can in principle lead to a reduced zero bias conductance at low temperatures; in this study we cannot exclude the possibility of Coulomb-blockade transport in the measured nanowires, especially in the low-temperature range. It is still an open question how to pin down the origin of the observed reduction to a Coulomb gap (ES law) or Coulomb blockade.
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