Electron spin resonance signature of the oxygen vacancy in HfO 2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gillen, R ^a   Robertson, J ^a   Clark, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DEFECTS; DELOCALIZATIONS; FERMI LEVEL PINNING; G TENSORS; HIGH WORK FUNCTION; VOLTAGE INSTABILITY;

DEFECTS; HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM OXIDES;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84866044944     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4751110     Document Type: Article

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