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Martin Magnusson

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Fabrication and modeling of a combined gold nanoparticle-carbon nanotube single electron transistor

Author

  • Claes Thelander
  • Martin Magnusson
  • Knut Deppert
  • Lars Samuelson
  • P.R. Poulsen
  • J. Nygard
  • J. Borggreen

Summary, in English

Scanning probe manipulation has been used to electrically connect two carbon nanotubes to an individual 7 nm gold particle, resulting in a system with multiple tunnel junctions. Single-electron charging effects in the gold particle was found to dominate the electrical transport measurements at T=4.2 K, whereas charging effects in the two carbon nanotube leads appeared as a fine structure. A simulation of the electrical transport in the system has been carried out using SIMON*, which is a Monte Carlo based simulation program for single-electronics. Using this program we have been able to fit a model to the experimental data and to explain the electrical transport characteristics

Department/s

  • Solid State Physics

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Publication/Series

7th International Conference on Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology and 21st European Conference on Surface Science

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Lund University

Topic

  • Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

  • electrical transport measurements
  • single electron charging effects
  • multiple tunnel junctions
  • electrical contacts
  • scanning probe manipulation
  • transistor modelling
  • transistor fabrication
  • single electron transistor
  • gold nanoparticle
  • carbon nanotube
  • fine structure
  • simulation of nanostructures
  • Monte Carlo based simulation
  • 7 nm
  • 4.2 K
  • Au-C

Conference name

Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology and 21st European Conference on Surface Science (NANO-7/ECOSS-21)

Conference date

2002-06-24 - 2002-06-28

Conference place

Malmö, Sweden

Status

Published