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Transport Properties and Observation of Semimetal-Semiconductor Transition in Bi-based Nanowires

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Temperature-dependent resistance measurements of Bi-related nanowire arrays with different wire diameters and Sb concentrations are performed. The variation in the measured R(T) curves of these nanowires is closely related to the unique semimetal-semiconductor transition in Bi, and the results are explained by theoretical simulations. It is found that the special feature of the maximum in the resistance ratio R(10 K)/R(100 K) can be employed to experimentally identify the conditions for the semimetal-semiconductor transition.

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We thank Dr. G. Dresselhaus, Prof. G. Chen, and M. R. Black for valuable discussions. The support from MURI subcontract 0205-G-BB853, NSF grant DMR-01-16042, US Navy contracts N00167-98-K0024 and N66001-00-1-8603, and ONR grant N00014-02-1-0865 is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Yu-Ming Lin & Mildred S. Dresselhaus

  2. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Stephen B. Cronin & Mildred S. Dresselhaus

  3. Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Oded Rabin

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Jackie Y. Ying

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Lin, YM., Cronin, S.B., Rabin, O. et al. Transport Properties and Observation of Semimetal-Semiconductor Transition in Bi-based Nanowires. MRS Online Proceedings Library 737, 314 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-737-F3.14

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