First principles study of metal/Bi2Te3 interfaces: Implications to reduce contact resistance

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1166, Issue , 2009, Pages 103-108

  Xiong, Ka ^a   Wang, Weichao ^a   Alshareef, Husam N ^a,c   Gupta, Rahul P ^a   White, John B ^d   Gnade, Bruce E ^a   Cho, Kyeongjae ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Marlow Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND OFFSETS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; INTERFACE FORMATION; SURFACE TERMINATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION; OHMIC CONTACTS;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 74549175901     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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