Plasma energy and work function of conducting transition metal nitrides for electronic applications

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Matenoglou, G M ^a   Koutsokeras, L E ^a   Patsalas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NITRIDES; CRYSTAL QUALITIES; DEVICE APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; III-NITRIDES; METALLURGICAL STABILITIES; PHASE SPACES; PLASMA ENERGIES; TRANSITION-METAL NITRIDES;

APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; NITRIDES; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMAS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; REFRACTORY METALS; WORK FUNCTION;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 65249172483     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3119694     Document Type: Article

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