Interfaces between gold nanoparticle films and semiconductor substrates are found to behave like nearly ideal Schottky diodes. Moreover, the detailed electronic structure of the interfaces can be tuned by electrochemical charge-transfer.
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Korgel, B. Interfaces behaving well. Nature Mater 6, 551–552 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1969
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