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We report unexpectedly large noise in the current from nanopatterned PbS quantum dot films. The noise is proportional to the current when the latter is varied by changing the source-drain bias, gate voltage or temperature. The spectral…
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We use a random gap model to describe a metal-insulator transition in three-dimensional semiconductors due to doping and find a conventional phase transition, where the effective scattering rate is the order parameter. Spontaneous symmetry…
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We report electrical conductance and thermopower measurements on InAs nanowires synthesized by chemical vapor deposition. Gate modulation of the thermopower of individual InAs nanowires with diameter around 20nm is obtained over T=40 to…
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We present a study showing cooperative behavior of light emitting quantum dots at room temperature, with large increases in radiative decay rates and efficiencies, in the presence of small gold nanoparticles (1.5 - 4 nm radii) in low…
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The dependences of the fundamental transition on the semiconductor quantum dot size obtained experimentally at various temperatures using different measuring methods are analyzed and compared. The possibility to extrapolate the results for…