Phonon-engineered mobility enhancement in the acoustically mismatched silicon/diamond transistor channels

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Nika, Denis L ^a   Pokatilov, Evghenii P ^a   Balandin, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLIC FILMS; PHONONS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

DIAMOND TRANSISTORS; ELECTRON DRIFT MOBILITY; HARD MATERIAL; LOW FIELD; MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT; PHONON SPECTRUM; SILICON FILMS; SPECTRUM MODIFICATION; TRANSISTOR CHANNELS; ULTRATHIN SILICON;

SILICON;

EID: 55149123185     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3007986     Document Type: Article

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