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Unexpected electronic properties of micrometer-thick supracrystals of Au nanocrystals.

Authors :
Yang P
Arfaoui I
Cren T
Goubet N
Pileni MP
Source :
Nano letters [Nano Lett] 2012 Apr 11; Vol. 12 (4), pp. 2051-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 26.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We investigated the electronic properties of highly ordered three-dimensional colloidal crystals of gold nanocrystals (7 ± 0.4 nm), called supracrystals. Two kinds of Au supracrystals with typical thicknesses of 300 nm and 5 μm, respectively, are probed for the first time with scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy at 5 K revealing similar power law behavior and showing homogeneous conductance with the fingerprint of isolated nanocrystal. Potential applications evading the size-related risks of nanocrystals could be then considered.<br /> (© 2012 American Chemical Society)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1530-6992
Volume :
12
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Nano letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
22448753
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1021/nl3001925