Moisture-induced capacitance-voltage instabilities in mesoporous silica thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Singh, A P ^a   Victor, P ^a   Ganesan, P G ^a   Nalamasu, O ^a   Ramanath, G ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE (C-V) INSTABILITIES; KINETICS ANALYSES; MESOPOROUS SILICA (MPS); PROTON GENERATION;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WIRING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PASSIVATION; PERMITTIVITY; PROTONS; SILICA;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 29144446188     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2146052     Document Type: Article

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