Evidence for interstitial hydrogen as the dominant electronic defect in nanometer alumina films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Jennison, D R ^a   Schultz, P A ^a   Sullivan, J P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; FILM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOPARTICLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY;

EID: 1542344313     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.041405     Document Type: Article

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