Enhanced room-temperature piezoconductance of metal-semiconductor hybrid structures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1160-1162

  Rowe, A C H ^a   Hines, D R ^a   Solin, S A ^b  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; STRAIN;

PIEZOCONDUCTANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR METAL BOUNDARIES;

EID: 0042926656     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1600840     Document Type: Article

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