Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?

Resistivities of thin polymer films increase abruptly with decreasing thickness, although the corresponding decline in resistance plateaus below a certain thickness. One can jump to the incorrect conclusion that quantum confinement and surface scattering are responsible for this behaviour, and we hi...

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Main Authors: Veder, Jean-Pierre, Patel, Kunal, Lee, Junqiao, Alam, M., James, M., Nelson, A., De Marco, Roland
Format: Journal Article
Published: R S C Publications 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8701
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author Veder, Jean-Pierre
Patel, Kunal
Lee, Junqiao
Alam, M.
James, M.
Nelson, A.
De Marco, Roland
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Patel, Kunal
Lee, Junqiao
Alam, M.
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De Marco, Roland
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description Resistivities of thin polymer films increase abruptly with decreasing thickness, although the corresponding decline in resistance plateaus below a certain thickness. One can jump to the incorrect conclusion that quantum confinement and surface scattering are responsible for this behaviour, and we highlight the pitfalls of committing such an error.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-87012017-09-13T14:52:45Z Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films? Veder, Jean-Pierre Patel, Kunal Lee, Junqiao Alam, M. James, M. Nelson, A. De Marco, Roland Resistivities of thin polymer films increase abruptly with decreasing thickness, although the corresponding decline in resistance plateaus below a certain thickness. One can jump to the incorrect conclusion that quantum confinement and surface scattering are responsible for this behaviour, and we highlight the pitfalls of committing such an error. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8701 10.1039/c2cp43333h R S C Publications restricted
spellingShingle Veder, Jean-Pierre
Patel, Kunal
Lee, Junqiao
Alam, M.
James, M.
Nelson, A.
De Marco, Roland
Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?
title Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?
title_full Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?
title_fullStr Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?
title_full_unstemmed Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?
title_short Is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?
title_sort is ballistic transportation or quantum confinement responsible for changes in the electrical properties of thin polymer films?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8701