Field-effect control of tunneling barrier height by exploiting graphene's low density of states

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Ponomarenko, L A ^a   Belle, B D ^a   Jalil, R ^a   Britnell, L ^a   Gorbachev, R V ^a   Geim, A K ^a   Novoselov, K S ^a   Castro Neto, A H ^b   Eaves, L ^a,c   Katsnelson, M I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TUNNELING; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; EFFECTIVE BARRIER HEIGHTS; ELECTRON CHARGE DENSITY; NITRIDE TUNNEL BARRIERS; OPERATING CONDITION; TUNNEL CURRENTS; TUNNELING BARRIER HEIGHTS;

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84880665221     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4795542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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