https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2016150567
Electrical conduction of Ti/TiOx/Ti structures at low temperatures and high magnetic fields
Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
a e-mail: batkova@saske.sk
Received:
20
November
2015
Revised:
9
February
2016
Accepted:
11
February
2016
Published online:
9
March
2016
We present results of electrical conduction studies of Ti/TiOx/Ti planar structures prepared by tip-induced local anodic oxidation (LAO) of titanium thin films. The prepared structures have shown almost linear I-V curves at temperatures between 300 K and 30 K, and only slight deviation from linear behaviour at lower temperatures. Electrical conductance of the structures can be adequately explained by a two-channel model where variable range hopping channels and metallic ones coexist in parallel, while a crossover from Mott to Efros-Shklovskii variable-range-hopping conductivity has been observed at decreasing temperature. The magnetoresistance of the studied structures is very small even in magnetic fields up to 9 T. The reported electrical properties of the structures indicate their promising applications as very low heat capacity temperature sensors for cryogenic region and high magnetic fields.
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