Graphene as a diffusion barrier in galinstan-solid metal contacts

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2996-3000

  Ahlberg, Patrik ^a   Jeong, Seung Hee ^a   Jiao, Mingzhi ^a   Wu, Zhigang ^a   Jansson, Ulf ^a   Zhang, Shi Li ^a   Zhang, Zhi Bin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contact; diffusion barrier; galinstan; graphene

Indexed keywords

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DIFFUSION BARRIERS; DROPS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FILM PREPARATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GRAPHENE; MULTILAYERS;

CONVENTIONAL METALS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; GALINSTAN; MATERIAL ANALYSIS; MULTILAYER GRAPHENE; RESISTANCE VARIATIONS; SIMPLE CIRCUITS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84905262952     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2014.2331893     Document Type: Article

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