Reply to ＂Comment on ＇Electrical Conductivity and Current-Voltage Characteristics of Individual Conducting Polymer PEDOT Nanowires＇＂

Recently we reported electrical properties of an individual PEDOT nanowire .Ohlckers and Pipinys suggested that the temperature-behavior of I- V curves and resistance can be described in the framework of a phonon-assisted tunneling （PhAT） model. However, there are two points which need to be addressed. First, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of Ohlckers and Pipinys＇s Comment, obvious deviations have been observed between the experimental data and the fitting curves obtained from this model especially at low temperatures. Second, the PhAT model is based on the assumption that a source of charge carriers is the local electronic traps in the electrode-nanowire interface layer, the carriers enter the conduction band of the nanowire due to the PhAT through the barrier from these traps. This model has not considered the structure characteristics and conduction mechanism in polymer nanowires.

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