Permittivity enhancement of aluminum oxide thin films with the addition of silver nanoparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Ravindran, R ^a   Gangopadhyay, K ^a   Gangopadhyay, S ^a   Mehta, N ^b   Biswas, N ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE LAYERS; CHARGE CAPTURE; FREQUENCY RANGE;

ALUMINA; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; SILVER;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33846068121     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2425010     Document Type: Article

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