Electron transport in tellurium nanowires

The temperature and magnetic field dependences of the voltage-current characteristics of tellurium nanowires manufactured via the insertion of tellurium into chrysotile asbestos pores from a melt have been measured. The measurements have been performed within a broad range of temperatures and magnetic fields. The results of such measurements are analyzed by means of their comparison with the predictions of theoretical models developed for the case of one-dimensional structures. The obtained dependences are concluded to most closely correspond to Luttinger liquid theory predictions. This result agrees with the concepts that the major mechanism of current in such one-dimensional wires does not depend on the material inserted into pores, but depends only on the dimension of conducting wires.