Mitigating the dead-layer effect in nanocapacitors using graded dielectric films

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-32

  Li, Qin ^a   Patel, Chaitanya ^a   Ardebili, Haleh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead layer effect; Graded dielectric film; Nanocapacitor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; GRADING; MINDLIN PLATES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

DEAD LAYERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS FILMS; METAL ELECTRODES; NANOCAPACITORS; PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITORS; PERTURBATION THEORY; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

DIELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 84874637676     PISSN: 19475411     EISSN: 1947542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2011.637992     Document Type: Article

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