Nanoscopic aspects of electronic aging in dielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 507-543

  Sanche, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FILM GROWTH; HOT CARRIERS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VACUUM;

ELECTRON BOMBARDMENT; ELECTRONIC AGING; NANOSCOPIC ASPECTS;

DIELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 0031251112     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.625643     Document Type: Article

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140. Ehrhardt, H. and K. Willmann, "Die Windeläbhangigkeit der Resonanzstreuung niderenergetischer Elektronen", Z. Phys. Vol. 204, pp. 462-466, 1967.
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144. K. Hiraoka and W. H. Hamill, "Characteristic Energy-losses by Slow Electron Impact on Thin-film Alkanes at 77 K", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 59, pp. 5749-5757, 1973.
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146. G. Leclerc, T. Goulet, P. Cloutier, J.-P. Jay-Gerin and L. Sanche, "Low-energy (0-10 eV) Electron Transmission Spectra of Multilayer Tryptophan Films", J. Phys. Chem., Vol. 91, pp. 4999-5001, 1987.
147. R. M. Marsolais and L. Sanche, "Mechanisms Producing Inelastic Structures in Low-energy Electron Transmission Spectra", Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 38, pp. 11118-11130, 1988.
148. 2 and CO", Phys. Rev. A, Vol. 35, pp. 607-618, 1987.
149. I. T. Steinberger, A. D. Bass, R. Shechter and L. Sanche, "Low-energy Electron Transmission in Solid Krypton and Xenon Films", Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 48, pp. 8290-8298, 1993.
150. 2 on Al(111) Comparison with Nonlocal Optical Theory", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 79, pp. 488-492, 1983.
151. A. Botelho do Rego, A. M. Rei Vilar, J. Lopes da Silva, M. Heyman and M. Schott, "Electronic Excitation and Secondary-electron Emission Studies by Low-energy Electrons Backscattered from Thin Polystyrene Film Surfaces", Surf. Sci., Vol. 178, pp. 367-374, 1986.
152. P. B. Merkel and W. H. Hamill, "Energy Loss Spectra of Low-energy Electrons Scattered from Thin Solid Molecular Films", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 55, pp. 1409-1413, 1971.
153. M. Michaud and L. Sanche, "Low-energy Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Solid Films of Argon: Surface and Bulk Valence Excitons", Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 50, pp. 4725-4732, 1994.
154. M. Michaud, P. Cloutier and L. Sanche, "Low-energy Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Amorphous Ice: Electronic Excitations", Phys. Rev. A, Vol. 44, pp. 5624-5627, 1991.
155. D. Oeter, H.-J. Egelhaaf, Ch. Ziegler, D. Oelkrug and W. Göpel, "Electronic Transitions in α-oligothiophene Thin Films. Comparison of Ultraviolet/visible Absorption Spectroscopy and High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Investigations", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 101, pp. 6344-6352, 1994.
156. L. Sanche and M. Michaud, "Electron Energy-loss Vibronic Spectroscopy of Matrix-isolated Benzene and Multilayer Benzene Films", Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 80, pp. 184-187, 1981.
157. P. Swiderek, M. Michaud, G. Hohlneicher and L. Sanche, "Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Solid Naphthalene and Acenaphtene: Search for the Lowest Triplet States", Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 175, pp. 667-673, 1990.
158. P. Swiderek, M. Michaud, G. Hohlneicher and L. Sanche, "Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Solid Phenanthrene and Biphenylene: Search for the Low-lying Triplet States", Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 178, pp. 289-294, 1991.
159. M. Michaud, M.-J. Fraser and L. Sanche, "Low-energy Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Solid Methanol: Vibrational and Electronic Excitations", J. Chim. Phys., Vol. 91, pp. 1223-1227, 1994.
160. P. Swiderek, M. Michaud, G. Hohlneicher and L. Sanche, "Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy of Solid Fluorene and Biphenyl: Search for the Low-lying Triplet States", Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 187, pp. 583-589, 1991.
161. P. Swiderek, M. Michaud and L. Sanche, "Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Condensed Butadiene and Cyclopentadiene: Vibrationally Resolved Excitation of the Low-lying Triplet States", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 98, pp. 8397-8405, 1993.
162. P. Swiderek, M.-J. Fraser, M. Michaud and L. Sanche, "Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Low-lying Triplet States of Styrene", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 100, pp. 70-77, 1994.
163. P. Swiderek, M. Michaud and L. Sanche, "Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of the 6,6′-Dimethyl Fulvene. First Detection of the Triplet State", Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 103, pp. 8424-8432, 1995.
164. P. Swiderek, M. Michaud and L. Sanche, "Vibronic structure in low-lying singlet-triplet transitions of benzene and toluene", Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 105, pp. 6724-6732, 1996.
165. P. Swiderek, M. Michaud and L. Sanche, "Condensed-phase Electron-energy-loss Spectroscopy of Low-lying Triplet States of Acetylene", Journal of Chemical Physics (submitted 1/9/97)
166. 2", Phys. Rev. A, Vol. 51, pp. 337-349, 1995.
167. I. Arakawa, M. Takahoshi and K. Takeuchi, "Electron-stimulated Desorption of Excited Neutrals from the Surface of Solid Rare Gas", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, Vol. 7, pp. 2090-2093, 1989.
168. A. Mann, G. Leclerc and L. Sanche, "Metastable-atom Desorption and Luminescence Stimulated by Low-energy Electron Impact on Condensed Kr, Xe and Xe/Kr Films", Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 46, pp. 9683-9690, 1992.
169. A. Mann, G. Leclerc and L. Sanche, "Low-energy ESD of Metastable Atoms from Ar, Kr, Xe(111) Condensed Films", In Desorption Induced by Electronic Transition, (DIET V) Burns AR, Steckel EB and Jennison DR (eds.) Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 329-332, 1993.
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175. 2-Kr Double Layer and Mixed Films", Surface Science (in press).
176. H. Shi, P. Cloutier and L. Sanche, "Desorption of Metastable Particles from CO Films Induced by Electron Impact", Physical Review A (submitted 12/19/96).
177. 2O", J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. (in press).
178. 2 in 7-10 eV Energy Loss Region", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 65, pp. 5275-5279, 1976.
179. 2 Continua in Schumann and Far-UV Regions", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 54, pp. 2250-2256, 1971.
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192. 3 Adsorbed on Single-crystal Cu(100) and Ag Film", Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 32, pp. 3489-3501, 1985.
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197. P. Rowntree, L. Parenteau and L. Sanche, "Anion Yield Produced by Low-energy Electron Impact on Condensed Hydrocarbon Films", J. Phys. Chem., Vol. 95, pp. 4902-4909, 1991.
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199. H. Sambe, D. E. Ramaker, L. Parenteau and L. Sanche, "Electron-stimulated Desorption Enhanced by Coherent Scattering", Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 59, pp. 505-508, 1987.
200. 3 Adsorbed on Pt. II: Negative Ions", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 105, pp. 6043-6051, 1996.
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231. L. Sanche, A. D. Bass, L. Parenteau and Z. W. Gortel, "Measuring Diffusion in Thin Films by Dissociative Electron Attachment: O2 in Kr", Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 48, pp. 5540-5548, 1993.
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245. G. A. Kimmel, T. M. Orlando, C. Vézina and L. Sanche, "Low-energy Electron-stimulated Production of Molecular Hydrogen from Amorphous Water Ice", J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 101, pp. 3282-3286, 1994.
246. 2 and NO", Nucl. Instr. Methods B, Vol. 101, pp. 169-173, 1995.
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250. L. Sanche and M. Desch nes, "Mechanisms of Charge Trapping at a Dielectric Surface: Resonance Stabilization and Dissociative Attachment", Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 61, pp. 2096-2098, 1988.
251. 2 Condensed on Kr Film", Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 64, pp. 523-526, 1990.
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269. P. Cloutier, K. Nagesha, A. D. Bass and L. Sanche, unpublished.
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