Browsing by Author "Sun, Y. C."

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Electrical transport studies of individual IrO(2) nanorods and their nanorod contacts
(2008-01-30)
Lin, Y. H.
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Sun, Y. C.
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Jian, W. B.
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Chang, H. M.
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Huang, Y. S.
We have studied the electrical transport properties of individual single-crystalline IrO(2) nanorods prepared by the metal-organic chemical vapour deposition method. With the help of the standard electron-beam lithographic technique, individual nanorods are contacted by Cr/Au submicron electrodes from above. Utilizing two-probe, three-probe and four-probe measurement configurations, not only the intrinsic electrical transport properties of the individual nanorods but also the electronic contact resistances, Rc(T), have been determined from 300 K down to liquid-helium temperatures. Our measured resistivity behaviour of the nanorods is in close agreement with the current theoretical understanding of this rutile material. On the other hand, we found that the temperature behaviour of the electronic contact resistance obeys the law log R(C) alpha T(-1/2) over an extremely wide temperature range, from approximately 100 K down to liquid-helium temperatures. This latter conduction process is ascribed to the hopping of electrons through nanoscale Cr granules and/or an amorphous coating incidentally formed at the interface between the submicron Cr/Au electrode and the nanorod.
Electrical transport studies of individual IrO2 nanorods and their nanorod contacts
(2008-01-30)
Lin, Y. H.
;
Sun, Y. C.
;
Jian, W. B.
;
Chang, H. M.
;
Huang, Y. S.
We have studied the electrical transport properties of individual single-crystalline IrO2 nanorods prepared by the metal-organic chemical vapour deposition method. With the help of the standard electron-beam lithographic technique, individual nanorods are contacted by Cr/Au submicron electrodes from above. Utilizing two-probe, three-probe and four-probe measurement configurations, not only the intrinsic electrical transport properties of the individual nanorods but also the electronic contact resistances, Rc(T), have been determined from 300 K down to liquid-helium temperatures. Our measured resistivity behaviour of the nanorods is in close agreement with the current theoretical understanding of this rutile material. On the other hand, we found that the temperature behaviour of the electronic contact resistance obeys the law log R-C alpha T-1/2 over an extremely wide temperature range, from approximately 100 K down to liquid-helium temperatures. This latter conduction process is ascribed to the hopping of electrons through nanoscale Cr granules and/or an amorphous coating incidentally formed at the interface between the submicron Cr/Au electrode and the nanorod.
Spin blockade with spin singlet electrons
(2012-12-24)
Sun, Y. C.
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Amaha, S.
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Huang, S. M.
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Lin, J. J.
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Kono, K.
We observe a singlet spin blockade (SSB) in two-electron vertical double quantum dots where the single-electron transport is blocked for spin singlet electrons. In contrast to the conventional Pauli spin blockade with spin triplet electrons, this singlet spin blockade is observed under high magnetic field, where the doubly occupied states in one of the dots go beyond the singlet-triplet ground-state transition. The SSB region in Coulomb diamond measurements is in agreement with the two-electron excitation spectrum. A leakage current of 10 pA order is observed in SSB, consistent with the spin singlet lifetime due to random nuclear spin fluctuations. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773304]