The canonical work function-strain relationship of the platinum metal: A first-principles approach to metal-gate transistor optimization

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Wang, X F ^a   He, L ^a   Halas, S ^b   Pienkos T ^b   Lin, J G ^a   Durakiewicz, T ^c  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES APPROACHES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH-K/METAL GATES; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; WORK FUNCTION TUNING;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; PLATINUM; WORK FUNCTION;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 84879119175     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807939     Document Type: Article

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