Formation and electrical transport properties of pentacene nanorod crystal.
The monophasic formation of an uncharted pentacene crystal, the pentacene nanorod, has been investigated. The restricted formation of the pentacene nanorod on a bare mica surface reveals a peculiar surface catalytic crystal growth mode of the pentacene. We demonstrated the charge transport measurements through a single pentacene nanorod and analyzed the data using a periodic hopping conduction model. The results revealed that the pentacene nanorod has a periodic conductive node within their one-dimensional crystal.
Akai-Kasaya
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Precision Science and Technology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan. kasaya@prec.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Ohmori
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Kawanishi
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T
Nashiki
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M
Saito
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A
Aono
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Kuwahara
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Y