Carrier density modulation in a germanium heterostructure by ferroelectric switching

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ponath, Patrick ^a   Fredrickson, Kurt ^a   Posadas, Agham B ^a   Ren, Yuan ^a   Wu, Xiaoyu ^a   Vasudevan, Rama K ^b   Baris Okatan, M ^b   Jesse, S ^b   Aoki, Toshihiro ^c   McCartney, Martha R ^c   Smith, David J ^c   Kalinin, Sergei V ^b   Lai, Keji ^a   Demkov, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; BARIUM TITANATE; GERMANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; MICROWAVE IMPEDANCE MICROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 84923112566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7067     Document Type: Article

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