Evidence of dangling bond electrical activity at the Ge/oxide interface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Baldovino, Silvia ^a   Molle, Alessandro ^a   Fanciulli, Marco ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO MDM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; OXYGEN;

ATOMIC OXYGENS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICALLY DETECTED MAGNETIC RESONANCES; GERMANIUM OXIDES; INTERFACIAL DEFECTS; OXIDATION TEMPERATURES;

DANGLING BONDS;

EID: 57849127979     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3050451     Document Type: Article

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