ZnO-based low-voltage inverter with quantum-well-structured nanohybrid dielectric

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1145-1147

  Cha, Sung Hoon ^a   Oh, Min Suk ^a   Lee, Kwang H ^a   Choi, Jeong M ^a   Lee, Byoung H ^b   Sung, Myung M ^b   Im, Seongil ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge injection devices; Organic inorganic nanohybrid; Thin film transistors (TFTs); ZnO

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; ZINC ALLOYS;

CHARGE INJECTION DEVICES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC NANOHYBRID; THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS (TFTS); ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 54849377900     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2008.2002908     Document Type: Article

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