Figure 4
Current–voltage characteristics for various electrode pairs on the 521-nm-diameter bismuth nanowire measured at various temperatures. (a) 300, (b) 250, (c) 200, (d) 150, (e) 100, (f) 50, and (g) 4.2 K. (h) Temperature dependence of the electrical resistance evaluated from the I-V curves. The inset of (h) shows the fabricated sample used for the measurement.