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

The advent of the point-contact transistor is one of the most significant technological
achievements in human history with a profound impact on human civilization during the past …

An A-center is an oxygen interstitial atom near a lattice vacancy and is one of the most
common impurity-defect pairs in Czochralski-grown silicon crystals. In the present study …

In recent years germanium has been emerging as a mainstream material that could have
important applications in the microelectronics industry. The principle aim of this study is to …

Simulation of defect interactions in binary/ternary group IV semiconductor alloys at the
density functional theory level is difficult due to the random distribution of the constituent …

Both n-type and p-type doping of silicon is at odds with the charge transfer predicted by
Pauling electronegativities and can only be reconciled if we no longer regarding dopant …

After years of neglect germanium is emerging as a mainstream material for microelectronics
applications. This is partially due to the introduction of high-k dielectrics that have allowed …

The density functional theory (DFT) is used to investigate the geometries, relative stabilities,
electronic properties and natural population analysis for small neutral, anionic, and cationic …

We report on the effects of dopant concentration on the structural and electrical properties of
In-implanted Ge. For In concentrations of≤ 0.2 at.%, extended x-ray absorption fine structure …

Germanium is being actively considered by the semiconductors community as a mainstream
material for nanoelectronics application. This is driven by its advantageous materials …