Theoretical analysis of the bias-voltage dependence of the apparent barrier height

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Totsuka, H ^a,c   Gohda, Y ^b,c   Furuya, S ^b,c   Watanabe, S ^b,c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 42749101530     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.155405     Document Type: Article

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