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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

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

Jean-Pierre Veder,‡a   Kunal Patel,a   Junqiao Lee,a   Muhammad Tanzirul Alam,d   Michael James,bc   Andrew Nelsonb  and  Roland De Marco§*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6109, Australia

b Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, Australia

c School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales 2052, Australia

d Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, Queensland 4556, Australia

Abstract

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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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CP43333H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Sep 2012
Accepted
23 Nov 2012
First published
26 Nov 2012

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 1364-1368

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

J. Veder, K. Patel, J. Lee, M. Tanzirul Alam, M. James, A. Nelson and R. De Marco, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 1364 DOI: 10.1039/C2CP43333H

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