Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2006

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

88

Issue

11

DOI of Original Publication

10.1063/1.2185729

Comments

Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2185729

Date of Submission

April 2015

Abstract

CdSnanowires of 10nm diameter, electrodeposited in porous alumina films, had shown a conductance bistability in the past [Appl. Phys. Lett.76, 460 (2000)]. The conductance has a high (ON) and a low (OFF) state. In the ON state, different sets of nanowires display qualitatively different relation between the conductance and capacitance. We propose a model to explain this anomalous behavior. Based on this model, we predict that the inelastic mean free path of electrons in the nanowires is 3–3.5nm at room temperature. This short mean free path may be a consequence of acoustic phonon confinement.

Rights

Varfolomeev, A., Zaretsky, D., Pokalyakin, V., et al. Admittance of CdS nanowires embedded in porous alumina template. Applied Physics Letters, 88, 113114 (2006). Copyright © 2006 AIP Publishing LLC.

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VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

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