Disorder dominated microwave conductance spectra of doped silicon nanowire arrays.

Highstrete, Clark; Lee, Mark; Vallett, Aaron L; Eichfeld, Sarah M; Redwing, Joan M; Mayer, Theresa S · Nano Lett · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Conductance spectra of doped silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays were measured from 0.5 to 50 GHz at temperatures between 4 and 293 K. For arrays consisting of 11 to >10(4) SiNWs, the conductance was found to increase with frequency as f(s), with 0.25 < s < 0.45, consistent with behavior found universally in disordered systems. A possible cause is disorder from Si/SiO x interface states dominating the conductance due to the high surface-to-volume ratio of the nanowires.

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