Hydrodynamic transport parameters of wurtzite ZnO from analytic- and full-band Monte Carlo simulation

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1796-1801

  Furno, Enrico ^a   Bertazzi, Francesco ^a,b   Goano, Michele ^a   Ghione, Giovanni ^a   Bellotti, Enrico ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron thermal conductivity; Hydrodynamic transport simulation; Monte Carlo transport simulation; Noise diffusivity; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC TOOLS; ELECTRONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ELECTRON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMIC TRANSPORT SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT SIMULATION; NOISE DIFFUSIVITY; ZNO;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 55049105066     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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