Impacts of Metal Tips and Dopants on the Electronic Transport in 1-Dimensional CdS Nanorods*

We synthesize 1-dimensional CdS nanorods (NRs) with and without Pt nanoparticle tips, and with and without Mn²⁺ dopants in the CdS host lattice [1]. A contactless, non-destructive imaging technique, dielectric force microscopy (DFM), is used to probe the electronic transport properties in as-synthesized CdS-based NRs. DFM experiments reveal low conductivity in undoped and untipped CdS NRs. The impacts of Pt tips and Mn²⁺ dopants on the electronic transport in CdS NRs, which are under investigation, will be reported.

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[1] W. MacSwain, H. Lin, Z. -J. Li, S. Li, C. Chu, L. Dube, O. Chen, G. Leem, and W. Zheng, J. Mater. Chem. A 11, 7066-7076 (2023).