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Electron Transport In Quantum Dot Chains: Dimensionality Effects And Hopping Conductance, V. P. Kunets, Mariama Rebello Sousa Dias, T. Rembert, M. E. Ware, Y. I. Mazur, V. Lopez-Richard, H. A. Mantooth, G. E. Marques, G. J. Salamo

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Detailed experimental and theoretical studies of lateral electron transport in a system of quantum dot chains demonstrate the complicated character of the conductance within the chain structure due to the interaction of conduction channels with different dimensionalities. The one-dimensional character of states in the wetting layer results in an anisotropic mobility, while the presence of the zero-dimensional states of the quantum dots leads to enhanced hopping conductance, which affects the low-temperature mobility and demonstrates an anisotropy in the conductance. These phenomena were probed by considering a one-dimensional model of hopping along with band filling effects. Differences between the model and …