Electrical breakdown of individual Si nanochains and silicide nanochains.
Electron transport across individual Si nanochains and silicide nanochains is investigated using a micro-manipulator in a transmission electron microscope. The current increases nonlinearly with increasing the bias voltage. Electrical breakdowns occur with a current typically as large as 10(1)-10(2) nA. Furthermore, some FN plots exhibit a bend presumably due to the formation of a heavily distorted nanotube of carbon.
Graduate School of Science, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
Hideo
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Kohno
Takafumi
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Nogami
Seiji
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Takeda
Yutaka
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Ohno
Ichiro
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Yonenaga
Satoshi
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Ichikawa