Possible observation of coulomb blockade at room temperature

Shivashankar, GV and Raychaudhuri, AK (1990) Possible observation of coulomb blockade at room temperature. In: Pramana - Journal of Physics, 35 (5). pp. 503-507.

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Abstract

We have studied the (I-V) characteristics of the tunnel junction formed between the tip and the substrate in an STM at room temperature. We find that in such an arrangement it may be possible to get a junction capacitance $\simeq 10^{-19}$ F and junction conductance < 1 $\mu$s. When the junction conductance is < 1 $\mu$s strong nonlinearity is observed in the (I-V) characteristics. We explain this nonlinearity as onset of coulomb blockade of tunneling electrons.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Pramana - Journal of Physics
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	Tunneling;ultrasmall capacitance;tunnel junction;scanning tunneling microscope;coulomb blockade
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:41
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12513

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