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Nanoscale Microstructure and Magnetic Transport in AIN/Co/AIN/Co… Discontinuous Multilayers

  • Yang, C.J.;Zhang, M.;Zhang, Z.D.;Han, J.S.
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.98-102
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    • 2003
  • Microstructure and magnetic transport phenomina in rf sputtered AIN/CO type ten- layered discontinuous films of nanoscaled [AIN(3 nm)/Co(t nm)]…$_10$ with t$_Co$=1.0∼2.0 nm have been investigated. The microstructure and tunneling magnetic resistance of the samples are strongly dependent on the thickness of Co layer, Negative tunneling magneto-resistance due to the spin-dependent transport has been observed along the current-in-plane configuration in the samples having the Co layers below 1.6 nm thick. When the thickness of Co layer was less than 1.2 nm, randomly oriented granular Co particles were completely isolated and embedded in amorphous AIN matrix, and the films showed the superparamagnetic behavior with a high MR value of ${\Delta}p/p_0$=1.8%. As t$_Co$ increases, a transition from the regime of co-existence of superparamagnetic and ferromagnetic behaviors to ferromagnetic behavior was observed. funneling barrier called “decay length far tunneling” fur the films haying the thickness of Co layer from 1.4 to 1.6 nm was measured to be ranged from 0.004 to 0.021 ${\AA}$$^{-1}$.

Molecular-scale Structure of Pentacene at Functionalized Electronic Interfaces

  • Seo, Soon-Joo;Peng, Guowen;Mavrikakis, Manos;Ruther, Rose;Hamers, Robert J.;Evans, Paul G.;Kang, Hee-Jae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.299-299
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    • 2011
  • A dipolar interlayer can cause dramatic changes in the device characteristics of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) or photovoltaics. A shift in the threshold voltage, for example, has been observed in an OFET where the organic semiconductor active layer is deposited on SiO2 modified with a dipolar monolayer. Dipolar molecules can similarly be used to change the current-voltage characteristics of organic-inorganic heterojunctions. We have conducted a series of experiments in which different molecular linkages are placed between a pentacene thin film and a silicon substrate. Interface modifications with different linkages allow us to predict and examine the nature of tunneling through pentacene on modified Si surfaces with different dipole moment. The molecular-scale structure and the tunneling properties of pentacene thin films on modified Si (001) with nitrobenzene and styrene were examined using scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Electronic interfaces using organic surface dipoles can be used to control the band lineups of a semiconductor at organic/inorganic interfaces. Our results can provide insights into the charge transport characteristics of organic thin films at electronic interfaces.

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Schottky Barrier Tunnel Field-Effect Transistor using Spacer Technique

  • Kim, Hyun Woo;Kim, Jong Pil;Kim, Sang Wan;Sun, Min-Chul;Kim, Garam;Kim, Jang Hyun;Park, Euyhwan;Kim, Hyungjin;Park, Byung-Gook
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.572-578
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    • 2014
  • In order to overcome small current drivability of a tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET), a TFET using Schottky barrier (SBTFET) is proposed. The proposed device has a metal source region unlike the conventional TFET. In addition, dopant segregation technology between the source and channel region is applied to reduce tunneling resistance. For TFET fabrication, spacer technique is adopted to enable self-aligned process because the SBTFET consists of source and drain with different types. Also the control device which has a doped source region is made to compare the electrical characteristics with those of the SBTFET. From the measured results, the SBTFET shows better on/off switching property than the control device. The observed drive current is larger than those of the previously reported TFET. Also, short-channel effects (SCEs) are investigated through the comparison of electrical characteristics between the long- and short-channel SBTFET.

Electron Emission Characteristic of Porous Poly-Silicon Emitter as a Oxidation process (산화공정에 따른 Porous Poly-Silicon Emitter의 방출특성 조사)

  • 제병길;배성찬;최시영
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2003.07b
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    • pp.722-726
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    • 2003
  • 본 논문에서는 Porous poly-silicon cold cathode에 의해 전자를 방출하는 Ballistic electron surface-emitting display(BSD)의 전계방출 특성을 실험했다. BSD는 nanocrystalline을 둘러싼 산화막을 multi-tunneling한 전자에 의해 발광이 되는 mechanism이기 때문에 산화막의 두께를 변수로 두어 특성을 실험했다. 900℃에서 1시간에서 3시간까지 30분 간격으로산화 반응을 진행하였으며, leakage current와 emission current의 비로 효율을 나타내었을 때 1시간 30분 동안 산화 반응을 한 시료가 가장 좋은 특성을 나타내었다.

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Electrical characteristics of the this film interface of amorphous chalcogenide semiconductor (비정질 칼코게나이드 반도체 박막 경계면의 전기적 특성)

  • 박창엽
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.111-117
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    • 1980
  • Contacts formed by vacuum evaporation of As-Te-Si-Ge chalcogenide glass onto Al metal (99.9999%) are studied by measuring paralle capacitance C(V), Cp(w), resistance R(V), Rp(w), and I-V characteristics. The fact that contact metal alloying produced high-resistance region is confirmed from the measurements of parallel capacitance and resistance. From the I-V characteristics in the pre-switcing region, it is found that electronic conduction and sitching occurs in the vicinity of metal-amorphous semiconductor interface. From the experimental obsevations, it is concuded that the current flow in the thin film is space-charge limited current (SCLC) due to the tunneling of electrons through the energy barriers.

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A study on the electrical characteristics of CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction (CdZnS/CdTe 이종접합의 전기적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Hyeong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.14 no.7
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    • pp.1647-1652
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    • 2010
  • A CdS film has been used as a window layer in CdTe and Cu(In,Ga)$Se_2$ thin films solar cell. Partial substitution of Zn for Cd increases the photocurrent and the open-circuit voltage by providing a match in the electron affinities of the two materials and the higher band gap. In this paper, CdZnS/CdTe and CdS/CdTe heterojunctions were fabricated and the electrical characteristics were investigated. Current-voltage-temperature measurements showed that the current transport for CdS/CdTe heterojunction was controlled by both tunneling and interface recombination. However, CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction displayed different current transport mechanism with the operating temperature. For above room temperature, the current transport of device was generation/recombination in the depletion region and was the leakage current and/or tunneling in the range below room temperature.

Gate Leakage Current of Power GaAs MESFET's at High Temperature

  • Won Chang-sub;Ahn Hyungkeun;Han Deuk-Young
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.44-46
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    • 2001
  • Increase of gate leakage current causes decrease of gain and increase of noise. In this paper, gate leakage current of GaAs MESEFTs' has been traced with different temperatures from $27^{\circ}C\;to\;350^{\circ}C$ to obtain the zero voltage saturation current $J_s$ which is critical to the temperature dependency of total current. From the results, thermal leakage current coefficient has been proposed to compensate for the total current due to the thermionic emission, tunneling, generation and/or hole injection.

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Tunneling effect due to UV irradiation in organic Cu-Pc/$Bi_2$$Sr_2$Ca$Cu_2$$O_{8+$\delta$}$ tunnel junction

  • Kim, Sunmi;Lee, Kiejin;Deokjoon Cha;Takayuki Ishibashi
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.99-103
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    • 2003
  • We studied the nonequilibrium superconductivity due to tunnel injection of polaronic quasiparticle (QP) from organic photoconductor. The transport properties of an organic copper (II) phthalocyanine (Cu -Pc)/d-wave superconductor were investigated in dark and under ultraviolet (UV) radiation for performance of a novel $high -T_{c}$ superconducting three terminal device. We observed that the injection of polaronic QP from the organic Cu -Pc film into the $Bi_2$S $r_2$$CaCuO_{8+{\delta}}$ film generated a substantially larger nonequilibrium effect as compared to the normal QP injection current. We could increase the current gain by UV excitation of the organic photoconductor injector. The tunneling spectroscopy of a Cu -Pc/BSCCO junction exhibited a small enhancement of the zero bias conductance peak under the W excitation. The above phenomena are of importance in developing optically controlled three terminal superconducting device.e.

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c-axis Transport Properties of $SmFeAsO_{0.85}$ Single Crystals ($SmFeAsO_{0.85}$ 단결정의 c-축 전도 특성)

  • Park, Jae-Hyun;Doh, Yong-Joo;Lee, Hyun-Sook;Cho, B.K.;Lee, Hu-Jong
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.118-122
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    • 2010
  • Electrical transport properties were measured on $SmFeAsO_{0.85}$ single crystals along the c-axis for various temperatures and magnetic fields. For the measurements a mesa structure was fabricated on the surface of the single crystals. Samples showed a metallic temperature dependence of resistance and current-voltage curves without hysteretic multiple branch splitting that is usually observed in tunneling Josephson junctions. In addition, in ab-planar magnetic fields, samples did not show the Fraunhofer-type field modulation of the critical current. All these features indicate that the c-axis transport characteristics of $SmFeAsO_{0.85}$ single crystals are explained by the anisotropic bulk superconductivity rather than Josephson tunneling.