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Nature Nanotechnology 1, 171 - 172 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.162
Nanoelectronics: New life for the 'dead layer'
Karin M. Rabe1
- Karin M. Rabe is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 USA. e-mail: rabe@physics.rutgers.edu
Abstract
Thin-film capacitors do not perform as well as electrostatic theory predicts. New atomistic calculations show that the culprit isn't defects in the film, but poor screening in the metal electrodes.
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