Strain-dependent hole masses and piezoresistive properties of silicon

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 273-276

  Matsuda, Kazunori ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density of state; Hole mass; Piezocapasitance; Piezoresistance; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944514055     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-004-7060-y     Document Type: Article

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