Size effects in thin gold films: Discrimination between electron-surface and electron-grain boundary scattering by measuring the Hall effect at 4 K

作者：Henriquez Ricardo; Moraga Luis; Kremer German; Flores Marcos; Espinosa Andres; Munoz Raul C^*

来源：Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102(5): 051608.

DOI：10.1063/1.4791600

We report the Hall effect measured in gold films evaporated onto mica substrates, the samples having an average grain diameter D that ranges between 12 and 174 nm, and a thickness t of approximately 50 nm and 100 nm. The Hall mobility was determined at low temperatures T (4 K %26lt;= T %26lt;= 50 K). By tuning the grain size during sample preparation, we discriminate whether the dominant collision mechanism controlling the resistivity of the samples at 4 K is electron-surface or electron-grain boundary scattering, based upon whether the Hall mobility depends linearly on film thickness t or on grain diameter D.

• 出版日期2013-2-4