Table 2 Table for resistance and resistivity values corresponding to the core/shell nanowires.

From: Si and Ge based metallic core/shell nanowires for nano-electronic device applications

Nanowire (NW)

Nature

Resistance (kΩ)

Resistivity (μΩ cm)

Decrement of resistivity with respect to diameter (%)

AsGe (R)

Semiconductor

71.02

6876.06

 

AsSi (R)

Semiconductor

31.25

3246.26

SbGe (R)

Metallic

48.20

4243.89

SbSi (R)

Metallic

31.22

2626.46

AsGe (2 R)

Metallic

20.88

5970.56

13.16

AsSi (2 R)

Metallic

5.02

1156.68

64.36

SbGe (2 R)

Metallic

11.79

2915.03

31.31

SbSi (2 R)

Metallic

5.88

1344.14

48.82

Au61

Metallic

1.85

26.14

 

NiSi26

Metallic

9.5

Cu59,60

Metallic

29.1

W64

Metallic

9–15

Si65

Semiconductor

(1–3) × 106