Electrical contact resistance theory for conductive rough surfaces separated by a thin insulating film

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 576-585

  Kogut, L ^a   Komvopoulos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE (ECR) THEORY; MICROCONTACTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; ESTIMATION; FRACTALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0742320701     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1629392     Document Type: Article

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