Grain size and strain effects on the optical and electrical properties of hafnium oxide nanocrystalline thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Kamala Bharathi, K ^a   Kalidindi, N R ^a   Ramana, C V ^a  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; CRYSTAL DIMENSIONS; CRYSTAL SIZE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FREQUENCY DISPERSION; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; GRAIN SIZE; HOPPING CONDUCTION; INTERBAND ABSORPTION; LATTICE EXPANSION; MONOCLINIC HFO; NANOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOSCALE DIMENSIONS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION EDGE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIZE REDUCTIONS; STRAIN EFFECT; STRAIN FACTORS; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; TUNING PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM OXIDES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDES; THIN FILMS;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 78149458437     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3499325     Document Type: Article

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