Atomic arrangement at the Au/p-GaN interface in low-resistance contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 6143-6145

  Omiya, H ^a   Ponce, F A ^a   Marui, H ^b   Tanaka, S ^b   Mukai, T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NICHIA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; NICKEL; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; LATTICE IMAGES; THERMAL ANNEALING; THIN PLATELETS;

GOLD;

EID: 20444432320     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1840105     Document Type: Article

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