Contact resistivity and Schottky barrier engineering are central to optimising the performance of semiconductor devices. The efficiency of charge injection at metal–semiconductor interfaces directly ...

As microchips become smaller, the shrinking size of their copper interconnects leads to increased electrical resistivity at the nanoscale. Finding a solution to this technical bottleneck is a problem ...

Thermal conductivity plays a critical role within semiconductor technology; to meet the needs required for this ever-evolving industry, novel materials that improve thermal conductivity are paramount.

The word semiconductor is comprised of two words, semi (not complete) and conductor (something that can conduct electricity). Electricity is present everywhere, like in home appliances where current ...

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In the presence of a magnetic field, negative resistivity can produce a positive resistance, along with a sign reversal in the Hall effect, in GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor devices. In a paper appearing ...

Physicists at the University of Maryland have found that graphene holds great promise for replacing conventional semiconductor materials, such as silicon, in applications ranging from high-speed ...