1D AND 2D QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN Au FILM

Abstract

We present transport properties of quench-condensed Au film with nominal thickness ≈3.56 nm and R□ ≈ 5 k Ω for T > 10 K. This film has weak nonmetallic temperature dependence of resistance with logarithmic behavior above 10 K and somewhat stronger dependence at low temperatures. Above 3 K only two-dimensional (2D) quantum interference effects in electron transport have been found; whereas, below 3 K both one-dimensional (1D) and 2D effects of weak localization (WL) and electron–electron interaction (EEI) can be distinguished. This reflects inhomogeneous structure of the film near the thickness-controlled metal-insulator transition (MIT).