Issue 29, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Synthesis and metallic probe induced conductance of Au tipped ultranarrow PbS rods†

Ali Hossain Khan,a   Qingmin Ji,b   Katsuhiko Ariga,b   Bidisa Das,*a   D. D. Sarmac  and  Somobrata Acharya*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for Advanced Materials (CAM), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
E-mail: cambd@iacs.res.in, camsa2@iacs.res.in

b World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), JST, CREST, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

c Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit & Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India

Abstract

Au tipped ultranarrow PbS nanorods are synthesized. DFT electronic structure calculations and transport studies show that Au probes modify the nature and energies of PbS nanorod orbitals creating efficient electron conduction channels for enhanced conductance even at low applied bias.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and metallic probe induced conductance of Au tipped ultranarrow PbS rods

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12339D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Apr 2011
Accepted
01 Jun 2011
First published
24 Jun 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8421-8423

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Synthesis and metallic probe induced conductance of Au tipped ultranarrow PbS rods

A. H. Khan, Q. Ji, K. Ariga, B. Das, D. D. Sarma and S. Acharya, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8421 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12339D

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