Nanostructural origin of the ac conductance in dielectric granular metals: The case study of Co20(ZrO2)80

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Konstantinovic Z ^b   Garcia Del Muro M ^a   Batlle, X ^b   Labarta, A ^b   Varela, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THIN FILMS;

BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CONDUCTANCE CHANNELS; MICROSCOPIC PARAMETERS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 34547663086     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2766858     Document Type: Article

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