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Tuning the Schottky barrier height in metal–alkaline earth oxide interfaces
Author(s) -
Nuñez Matías,
Nardelli M. Buongiorno
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200666810
Subject(s) - alkaline earth metal , oxide , metal , schottky barrier , earth (classical element) , materials science , dipole , schottky diode , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , condensed matter physics , chemistry , metallurgy , physics , organic chemistry , diode , mathematical physics
Using calculations from first principles we have demonstrated that it is possible to tune the Schottky Barrier Height in a metal–alkaline earth oxide interface by manipulating the microscopic and macroscopic dipoles that naturally form at the junction between the two materials. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)