First-principles study of Ge dangling bonds in GeO2 and correlation with electron spin resonance at Ge/GeO2 interfaces

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Houssa, M ^a   Pourtois, G ^b,c   Afanas'Ev, V V ^a   Stesmans, A ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKBONDS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; G TENSORS; G-VALUES; GE ATOM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN;

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; DANGLING BONDS; DEFECTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSPINNING; GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM OXIDES; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RESONANCE; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 81855180931     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3662860     Document Type: Article

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