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Impossibility of a pure resistance measurement: The charge-pileup model

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Author(s)

Neil M. Zimmerman, Denis Mamaluy

Abstract

Recently, we have experimentally demonstrated the existence of a capacitance between conductors, in the absence of an insulator. We show that a combination of current continuity and Poisson's equation leads to a charge pileup, and thus a capacitance, whenever two dis-similar metals are joined. We verify this with numerical simulations, and consider this intrinsic, inescapable capacitance in the context of Coulomb blockade devices.
Citation
Physical Review B
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115333

Keywords

Nano capactine, Coubomb blockade

Citation

Zimmerman, N. and Mamaluy, D. (2010), Impossibility of a pure resistance measurement: The charge-pileup model, Physical Review B, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115333 (Accessed May 11, 2025)

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Created September 30, 2010, Updated June 2, 2021