Electronic properties of semiconductor interfaces /
Almost all semiconductor devices contain metal-semiconductor, insulator-semiconductor, insulator-metal and/or semiconductor-semiconductor interfaces; and their electronic properties determine the device characteristics. This is the first monograph that treats the electronic properties of all differe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[2004]
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| Series: | Springer series in surface sciences ;
43. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Almost all semiconductor devices contain metal-semiconductor, insulator-semiconductor, insulator-metal and/or semiconductor-semiconductor interfaces; and their electronic properties determine the device characteristics. This is the first monograph that treats the electronic properties of all different types of semiconductor interfaces. Using the continuum of interfaceinduced gap states (IFIGS) as the unifying concept, Mnch explains the band-structure lineup at all types of semiconductor interfaces. These intrinsic IFIGS are the wave-function tails of electron states, which overlap a semiconductor band-gap exactly at the interface, so they originate from the quantum-mechanical tunnel effect. He shows that a more chemical view relates the IFIGS to the partial ionic character of the covalent interface-bonds and that the charge transfer across the interface may be modeled by generalizing Paulings electronegativity concept. The IFIGS-and-electronegativity theory is used to quantitatively explain the barrier heights and band offsets of well-characterized Schottky contacts and semiconductor heterostructures, respectively. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783662069455 (electronic bk.) 3662069458 (electronic bk.) |