Charge Trapping in Carbon Nanotube Loops Demonstrated by Electrostatic Force Microscopy

Nano Letters ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 1838-1841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Sand Jespersen ◽  
Jesper Nygård
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Deepak Bhatia ◽  
Sandipta Roy ◽  
S. Nawaz ◽  
R.S. Meena ◽  
V.R. Palkar

In this paper, we report the charge trapping phenomena in zinc oxide (n-ZnO) and Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3 (BDFO)/ZnO thin films deposited on p-type <100> conducting Si substrate. The significant change in contrast above the protrusions of ZnO verifies the possibility of heavy accumulation of injected holes in there. The ZnO and BDFO/ZnO films were characterized by the electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) to understand the phase dependence phenomenon on the bias supporting electron tunnelling. The EFM has an important role in the analysis of electrical transport mechanism characterization and electric charge distribution of local surface in nanoscale devices. It was observed that in BDFO/ZnO, the contrast of EFM images remains constant with the bias switching and that primarily indicates availability of trap sites to host electrons. The change in contrast over the protrusions of ZnO suggests that mobility of the electrical charge carriers may be through the grain boundary. The formation of these hole-trapped sites may be assumed by bond breaking phenomenon.


NANO ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 51-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUKI OKIGAWA ◽  
TAKEO UMESAKA ◽  
YUTAKA OHNO ◽  
SHIGERU KISHIMOTO ◽  
TAKASHI MIZUTANI

We have measured the potential distribution on carbon nanotube (CNT) field-effect transistors (FETs) using electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KFM). Clearer potential profiles were obtained by EFM than by KFM. When the CNT-FET is in the ON state, the EFM image shows uniform potential distribution along the CNT. In contrast, when the CNT-FET is in the OFF state, nonuniform potential image with dark spots are obtained. The dark spots can be attributed to the defects in the CNTs.


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