STM control of non-integer charge on a metal particle inferred from Coulomb staircase

Zhao Yan Rong; Alejandro Chang; Lesley F. Cohen; E. L. Wolf

doi:10.1016/0304-3991(92)90288-U

STM control of non-integer charge on a metal particle inferred from Coulomb staircase

Zhao Yan Rong, Alejandro Chang, Lesley F. Cohen, E. L. Wolf

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Abstract

Coulomb blockade I-V characteristics are observed between a Au tip, 100 Å Ag particle, and conducting substrate, at 4.2 K. In such a voltage-biased double junction, the Coulomb threshold e/2C is expected to be a periodic function of the residual non-integer charge Q₀ on the inner electrode (small particle), with period e. I-V spectra above an individual particle, obtained at 50 equally spaced values of tip-particle spacing, s, are analyzed to demonstrate control of Q₀ by tip spacing s.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	333-337
Number of pages	5
Journal	Ultramicroscopy
Volume	42-44
Issue number	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3991(92)90288-U
State	Published - Jul 1992

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