Positron annihilation spectroscopy is particularly suitable for studying vacancy-type
defects<? format?> in semiconductors. Combining state-of-the-art experimental and …

Germanium is being actively considered by the semiconductor community as a mainstream
material for nanoelectronic applications. Germanium has advantageous materials …

Silicon and silicon germanium are the archetypical elemental and alloy semiconductor
materials for nanoelectronic, sensor, and photovoltaic applications. The investigation of …

Prolonging wear life of amorphous carbon films under vacuum was an enormous challenge.
In this work, we firstly reported that amorphous carbon film as a lubricant layer containing …

The enhanced diffusion of donor atoms, via a vacancy (V)-mechanism, severely affects the
realization of ultrahigh doped regions in miniaturized germanium (Ge) based devices. In this …

Electronic structure calculations are used to investigate the stability of fluorine-vacancy (F n
V m) clusters in germanium (Ge). Using mass action analysis, it is predicted that the F n V m …

We study a system of particles which jump on the sites of the interval $[1, L] $ of ${\mathbb Z}
$. The density at the boundaries is kept fixed to simulate the action of mass reservoirs. The …

Germanium is an important mainstream material for many nanoelectronic and sensor
applications. The understanding of diffusion at an atomic level is important for fundamental …

Silicon is the mainstream material for many nanoelectronic and photovoltaic applications.
The understanding of oxygen related defects at a fundamental level is essential to further …

The technological requirement to optimize materials for energy and electronic materials has
led to the use of defect engineering strategies. These strategies take advantage of the …