標題: Quantum-interference transport through surface layers of indium-doped ZnO nanowires
作者: Chiu, Shao-Pin
Lu, Jia Grace
Lin, Juhn-Jong
電子物理學系
物理研究所
Department of Electrophysics
Institute of Physics
公開日期: 21-六月-2013
摘要: We have fabricated indium-doped ZnO (IZO) nanowires (NWs) and carried out four-probe electrical-transport measurements on two individual NWs with geometric diameters of approximate to 70 and approximate to 90 nm in a wide temperature T interval of 1-70 K. The NWs reveal overall charge conduction behavior characteristic of disordered metals. In addition to the T dependence of resistance R, we have measured the magnetoresistance (MR) in magnetic fields applied either perpendicular or parallel to the NW axis. Our R(T) and MR data in different T intervals are consistent with the theoretical predictions of the one- (1D), two- (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) weak-localization (WL) and the electron-electron interaction (EEI) effects. In particular, a few dimensionality crossovers in the two effects are observed. These crossover phenomena are consistent with the model of a 'core-shell-like structure' in individual IZO NWs, where an outer shell of thickness t (similar or equal to 15-17 nm) is responsible for the quantum-interference transport. In the WL effect, as the electron dephasing length L-phi gradually decreases with increasing T from the lowest measurement temperatures, a 1D-to-2D dimensionality crossover takes place around a characteristic temperature where L-phi approximately equals d, an effective NW diameter which is slightly smaller than the geometric diameter. As T further increases, a 2D-to-3D dimensionality crossover occurs around another characteristic temperature where L-phi approximately equals t (<d). In the EEI effect, a 2D-to-3D dimensionality crossover takes place when the thermal diffusion length L-T progressively decreases with increasing T and approaches t. However, a crossover to the 1D EEI effect is not seen because L-T < d even at T D 1 K in our IZO NWs. Furthermore, we explain the various inelastic electron scattering processes which govern L-phi. This work demonstrates the complex and rich nature of the charge conduction properties of group-III metal-doped ZnO NWs. This work also strongly indicates that the surface-related conduction processes are essential to doped semiconductor nanostructures.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/24/245203
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/22288
ISSN: 0957-4484
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/24/245203
期刊: NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume: 24
Issue: 24
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