Borja Rodriguez-Barea

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1 Introduction In the coming years, next-generation technologies will demand electronic devices with unprecedented speed, efficiency, and adaptability. To counteract the decline of Moore's law [1], precise atomic-scale engineering of materials and device structures has become a critical challenge. Despite steady improvements in processor frequency over the last decade [2], conventional transistors are increasingly constrained by quantum effects, challenging both performance and reliability.

Hybrid nanostructures from metal nanoparticles equipped with conducting polymer shells are of great interest for use as functional materials in sensing and optoelectronics, as well as for ink-deposited conductors. Here, we investigate the charge transport mechanism of nanostructures composed of gold nanoparticles coated with a polyaniline shell (Au@PANI). In particular, we focus on the charge transport behavior in two different geometric systems.