Low-frequency (1/ f) noise in nanocrystal field-effect transistors

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9664-9672

  Lai, Yuming ^a   Li, Haipeng ^a   Kim, David K ^a   Diroll, Benjamin T ^b   Murray, Christopher B ^a,b   Kagan, Cherie R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 f noise; CdSe; charge transport; field effect transistors; low frequency noise; nanocrystals; trap states

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STATES; ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TRANSISTORS;

1/ F NOISE; CARRIER NUMBER FLUCTUATION; CDSE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; MOBILITY FLUCTUATIONS; NANOCRYSTAL SURFACE; TRAP STATE;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84922361245     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504303b     Document Type: Article

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