Marco Antonio Suárez

TL;DR: In this article, the grain size was adjusted to separate the contribution to the resistivity originating in electron-grain boundary scattering, from that arising in electron surface scattering, on gold films approximately 54 nm thick.

TL;DR: Measurements of the Hall effect performed on 4 gold films evaporated onto mica substrates where the signal arises primarily from electron-surface scattering are reported.

TL;DR: In this article, the Hall constant RH, drift mobility, and Hall mobility were measured at 4 K in thin gold films deposited on mica substrates, where the dominant electron scattering mechanism is electron surface scattering.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between the resistivity measured on thin gold films deposited on mica, with predictions based on classical theories of size effects (Drude's, Sondheimer's and Calecki's), as well as predictions based upon quantum theories of electron surface scattering (the modified theory of Sheng, Xing and Wang, the theory of Tesanovic, Jaric and Maekawa, and that of Trivedi and Aschroft).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported measurements of transverse magnetoresistance where the signal can be attributed to electron surface scattering, together with measurements of the surface roughness of the films on an atomic scale.