Pairing of cation vacancies and gap-state creation in TiO2 and HfO2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Ahn, Hyo Shin ^a   Han, Seungwu ^a   Hwang, Cheol Seong ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); DEFECT DENSITY; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VACANCIES;

ANTIBONDING STATES; DEFECT LEVELS; DEFECT-DEFECT INTERACTIONS; OXYGEN ATOMS;

MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

EID: 34547413977     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749858     Document Type: Article

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