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Superconductivity in silicon nanostructures

arXiv:cond-mat/0509292 · doi:10.1016/j.physc.2005.12.011

Abstract

We present the findings of the superconductivity observed in the silicon nanostructures prepared by short time diffusion of boron on the n-type Si(100) surface. These Si-based nanostructures represent the p-type ultra-narrow self-assembled silicon quantum wells, 2nm, confined by the delta - barriers heavily doped with boron, 3nm. The EPR and the thermo-emf studies show that the delta - barriers appear to consist of the trigonal dipole centres, which are caused by the negative-U reconstruction of the shallow boron acceptors. Using the CV and thermo-emf techniques, the transport of two-dimensional holes inside SQW is demonstrated to be accompanied by single-hole tunneling through these negative-U centres that results in the superconductivity of the delta - barriers. The values of the correlation gaps obtained from these measurements are in a good agreement with the data derived from the temperature and magnetic field dependencies of the magnetic susceptibility, which reveal a strong diamagnetism and additionally identify the superconductor gap value.

4 pages, 6 figures, presented at the 4th International Conference on Vortex Matter in Superconductors, Crete, Greece, September 3-9, 2005

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