Possibility of a field effect transistor based on dirac particles in semiconducting anatase-TiO2 nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1073-1079

  Deák, Peter ^a   Aradi, Bálint ^a   Gagliardi, Alessio ^a,b   Huy, Huynh Anh ^a   Penazzi, Gabriele ^a   Yan, Binghai ^a   Wehling, Tim ^a   Frauenheim, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dirac states; field effect transistor; nanowire; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANATASE NANOWIRES; CURRENT RATIOS; DIRAC PARTICLES; DIRAC STATES; FAST ELECTRONICS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR;

GRAPHENE; NANOWIRES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84874985137     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl304350v     Document Type: Article

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