Transition voltage spectroscopy: Artefacts of the Simmons approach

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1151-1153

  Bâldea, Ioan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; A. Semiconductors; A. Thin films; D. Electrical conductivity; D. Electrical properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE-POTENTIAL; SIMMONS MODEL; TRANSITION VOLTAGE; TUNNELING BARRIER;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84862520948     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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