QUANTIZED ELECTRON EFFECTS IN METAL A-SI-H METAL THIN-FILM STRUCTURES

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HAJTO, J [1 ]
ROSE, MJ [1 ]
SNELL, AJ [1 ]
OSBORNE, IS [1 ]
OWEN, AE [1 ]
LECOMBER, PG [1 ]
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[1] UNIV DUNDEE,DEPT APPL PHYS & ELECTR & MFG ENGN,DUNDEE DD1 4HN,SCOTLAND
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10.1016/S0022-3093(05)80164-4
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
We present experimental results showing that metal/p+/metal amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) memory structures exhibit room temperature quantised electron transport associated with quantised resistance. The quantisation of resistance is observed at values of R = h/2ie2, where i is an integer or a half integer.
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