Microscopic mechanism of leakage currents in silica junctions

作者: Xin Luo , Biao Wang , Yue Zheng

DOI: 10.1063/1.3236640

关键词: Condensed matter physicsBand gapElectron transport chainDensity functional theoryThermal conductionFermi levelDangling bondLeakage (electronics)NanotechnologyMaterials scienceThin film

摘要: Combining the nonequilibrium Green's functions with the density-functional theory, we investigated the structural and electronic properties of silica junctions sandwiched between …

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