Anomalous electron tunneling through a Ag island on the GaAs(110) surface observed by the current image tunneling spectroscopy (CITS)

被引：2

作者：

Jiang, CS

Nakayama, T

Aono, M

机构：

[1] RIKEN, Inst Phys & Chem Res, Wako, Saitama 35101, Japan

[2] Osaka Univ, Dept Precis Sci & Technol, Osaka 565, Japan

来源：

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE | 1998年 / 123卷

关键词：

Coulomb blockade; STM; GaAs(110) surface; Ag cluster;

D O I：

10.1016/S0169-4332(97)00427-3

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, Coulomb blockade of tunneling electrons was realized on a simple metal/semiconductor system, by taking a sample of individual Ag clusters formed on the clean GaAs(110) surface, The second barrier of a two tunneling junction is at a space interval at the Ag/GaAs(110) interface, which is naturally formed due to a lattice match of the cluster and the GaAs(110) substrate. Images of differential conductance taken of the clusters by current image tunneling spectroscopy (CITS) demonstrate that the electron tunneling is closely related to detailed atomic structures of the clusters. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.

引用

收藏

页码：166 / 170

页数：5

相关论文

共 16 条

[1] COULOMB-BLOCKADE SPECTROSCOPY OF GOLD PARTICLES IMAGED WITH SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY [J].

AMMAN, M ;

FIELD, SB ;

JAKLEVIC, RC .

PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1993, 48 (16) :12104-12109

[2] ''Coulomb staircase'' at room temperature in a self-assembled molecular nanostructure [J].

Andres, RP ;

Bein, T ;

Dorogi, M ;

Feng, S ;

Henderson, JI ;

Kubiak, CP ;

Mahoney, W ;

Osifchin, RG ;

Reifenberger, R .

SCIENCE, 1996, 272 (5266) :1323-1325

[3] REVERSIBILITY OF FERMI LEVEL PINNING [J].

CHIANG, TT ;

SPINDT, CJ ;

SPICER, WE ;

LINDAU, I ;

BROWNING, R .

JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 1988, 6 (04) :1409-1415

[4] ANNEALING AG ON GAAS - INTERPLAY BETWEEN CLUSTER FORMATION AND FERMI LEVEL UNPINNING [J].

CHIANG, TT ;

WAHI, AK ;

LINDAU, I ;

SPICER, WE .

JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 1989, 7 (04) :958-963

[5] ROOM-TEMPERATURE COULOMB-BLOCKADE FROM A SELF-ASSEMBLED MOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURE [J].

DOROGI, M ;

GOMEZ, J ;

OSIFCHIN, R ;

ANDRES, RP ;

REIFENBERGER, R .

PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1995, 52 (12) :9071-9077

[6] SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION OF VARIATIONS OF THE COULOMB STAIRCASE DUE TO CHARGE TRAPPING [J].

DUBOIS, JGA ;

VERHEIJEN, ENG ;

GERRITSEN, JW ;

VANKEMPEN, H .

PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1993, 48 (15) :11260-11264

[7] Observation of room temperature mono-electron phenomena on nanometre-sized CdS particles [J].

Erokhin, V ;

Facci, P ;

Carrara, S ;

Nicolini, C .

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 1995, 28 (12) :2534-2538

[8] OBSERVATION OF QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS IN PHOTOEMISSION FROM AG ISLANDS ON GAAS(110) [J].

EVANS, DA ;

ALONSO, M ;

CIMINO, R ;

HORN, K .

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, 70 (22) :3483-3486

[9]

Matthews J. W., 1975, EPITAXIAL GROWTH

[10] IV CHARACTERISTICS OF COUPLED ULTRASMALL-CAPACITANCE NORMAL TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS [J].

MULLEN, K ;

BENJACOB, E ;

JAKLEVIC, RC ;

SCHUSS, Z .

PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1988, 37 (01) :98-105