Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Abstract:
Bucky onions were fabricated by the DC discharge method and their behaviors and electric properties on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG) were studied by using an atomic force microscope (AFM), a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Small-sized Bucky onions demonstrated the properties of semiconductors and as the size increased their metallicity became stronger. AFM and STM images revealed the tendency of Bucky onions to form dimers.