Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 36, 149-156 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2006109

Preparation of highly conducting Ag by spark discharge. II. Evidence for quantization of resistance

Parkallee 6, 15517 Fürstenwalde, Germany

Corresponding author: arendtpeter@web.de

Received: 26 January 2006
Revised: 20 July 2006
Accepted: 28 July 2006
Published online: 11 October 2006

Abstract

Recent experimental studies of electrical conduction in a specially prepared silver-based material, across which a spark has been passed, are interpreted through electrical conduction via charge density waves (CDWs) moving in a dc electric field along quasi-one-dimensional chains of Ag⁺-ions inside the branches of the discharge pattern engraved in the material by the spark. Here we present experimental evidence that the resistance along a number N of branches connected in parallel increases in quantized steps of height with increasing voltage applied across the branches