115 research outputs found
Transport spectroscopy of chemical nanostructures: the case of metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes
Transport spectroscopy, a technique based on current-voltage measurements of individual nanostructures in a three-terminal transistor geometry, has emerged as a powerful new tool to investigate the electronic properties of chemically derived nanostructures. In this review, we discuss the utility of this approach using the recent studies of single-nanotube transistors as an example. Specifically, we discuss how transport measurements can be used to gain detailed insight into the electronic motion in metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes in several distinct regimes, depending on the coupling strength of the contacts to the nanotubes. Measurements of nanotube devices in these different conductance regimes have enabled a detailed analysis of the transport properties, including the experimental determination of all Hartree-Fock parameters that govern the electronic structure of metallic nanotubes and the demonstration of Fabry-Perot resonators based on the interference of electron waves
Shell Filling and Exchange Coupling in Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
We report the characterization of electronic shell filling in metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes by low-temperature transport measurements. Nanotube quantum dots with average conductance βΌ(1β2)e^2/h exhibit a distinct four-electron periodicity for electron addition as well as signatures of Kondo and inelastic cotunneling. The Hartree-Fock parameters that govern the electronic structure of metallic nanotubes are determined from the analysis of transport data using a shell-filling model that incorporates the nanotube band structure and Coulomb and exchange interactions
Fabrication of Asymmetric Electrode Pairs with Nanometer Separation Made of Two Distinct Metals
We report a simple and reproducible method to fabricate two metallic
electrodes made of different metals with a nanometer-sized gap. These
electrodes are fabricated by defining a pair of gold electrodes
lithographically and electrodepositing a second metal onto one of them. The
method enables the fabrication of pairs of metallic electrodes that exhibit
distinct magnetic properties or work functions. The utility of this technique
is demonstrated by making single-electron tunneling devices incorporating 2-nm
gold nanocrystals.Comment: 3 figures, 1 colo
Plastic deformations in mechanically strained single-walled carbon nanotubes
Antiferromagnetic manipulation was used to controllably stretch individual metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT's). We have found that SWNT's can sustain elongations as great as 30% without breaking. Scanned gate microscopy and transport measurements were used to probe the effects of the mechanical strain on the SWNT electronic properties, which revealed a strain-induced increase in intra-tube electronic scattering above a threshold strain of ~5β10 %. These findings are consistent with theoretical calculations predicting the onset of plastic deformation and defect formation in carbon nanotubes
Deterministic coupling of a single nitrogen vacancy center to a photonic crystal cavity
We describe and experimentally demonstrate a technique for deterministic
coupling between a photonic crystal (PC) nanocavity and single emitters. The
technique is based on in-situ scanning of a PC cavity over a sample and allows
the positioning of the cavity over a desired emitter with nanoscale resolution.
The power of the technique, which we term a Scanning Cavity Microscope (SCM),
is demonstrated by coupling the PC nanocavity to a single nitrogen vacancy (NV)
center in diamond, an emitter system that provides optically accessible
electron and nuclear spin qubits
Magnetic Switching of Phase-Slip Dissipation in NbSe2 Nanobelts
The stability of the superconducting dissipationless and resistive states in
single-crystalline NbSe2 nanobelts is characterized by transport measurements
in an external magnetic field (H). Current-driven electrical measurements show
voltage steps, indicating the nucleation of phase-slip structures. Well below
the critical temperature, the position of the voltage steps exhibits a sharp,
periodic dependence as a function of H. This phenomenon is discussed in the
context of two possible mechanisms: the interference of the order parameter and
the periodic rearrangement of the vortex lattice within the nanobelt.Comment: 4 figure
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