Published May 7, 2009 | Version v1
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Electric transport properties of Mn12-acetate films measured with self-assembling tunnelling junction

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875 (China)
  • 3. Department of Chemistry, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-3012 (United States)

Description

Electric transport properties of Mn12-acetate films have been measured with a self-assembling tunnelling junction device at a liquid helium temperature of 4.2 K. For fresh films, clean I-V characteristics including the zero bias feature and the stair-case like I-V curves are observed. For stored films, however, all those features disappear and 'telegraph' noise appears, which indicate the deterioration of the Mn12-acetate molecules.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/42/9/095104

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0022-3727/42/9/095104;
PII
S0022-3727(09)07034-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
0022-3727
CODEN
JPAPBE

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42053097
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ACETATES; CHARGE TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HELIUM; MANGANESE; THIN FILMS; TUNNEL EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; FILMS; FLUIDS; GASES; METALS; NONMETALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RARE GASES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS