Transient and steady state responses of a system to an input are well-known features of materials and systems in science and engineering.These responses depend on the intrinsic parameters of the system and on the nature of the input.We find that a system comprised of nanosized features no longer shows the typical stationary characteristics as their microscopic or solid-state counterparts.Interestingly,because of the chemistry of the nanostructure,thermal motion of the atoms,and external fields,the nanosized system shows extended electrical transient behavior,compatible with highly nonlinear features such a negative differential resistance and hysteresis.
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