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From continuous to quantized charging phenomena in few nanocrystals MOS structures

BenAssayag, G ; Sharif University of Technology | 2005

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.4028/3-908451-13-2.25
  3. Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd , 2005
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this paper, we present a study on the contribution of silicon nanocrystals to the electrical transport characteristics of large (100 μm × 100 μm) and small (100 nm × 100 nm) metaloxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitors at room temperature. A layer of silicon nanocrystals is synthesized within the oxide of these capacitors by ultra-low energy ion implantation and annealing. Several features including negative differential resistance (NDR), sharp current peaks and random telegraph signal (RTS) are demonstrated in the current-voltage and current-time characteristics of these capacitors. These features have been associated to charge storage in silicon nanocrystals and to the resulting Coulomb interaction between the stored charges and the tunneling current. Clear transition from a continuous response of large capacitors to a discrete response of small capacitors reveals the quantized nature of the charge storage phenomenon in these nanocrystalline dots. The effect of the nanocrystal density from nearly continuous layer to isolated nanodots is also presented
  6. Keywords:
  7. Coulomb blockade ; Coulomb interactions ; Electric resistance ; MOS capacitors ; Nanocrystals ; Semiconductor quantum dots ; Transport properties ; Negative differential resistance (NDR) ; Silicon
  8. Source: 11th International Autumn Meeting on Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technlogy, GADEST 2005, Giens, 25 September 2005 through 30 September 2005 ; Volume 108-109 , 2005 , Pages 25-32 ; 10120394 (ISSN); 3908451132 (ISBN); 9783908451136 (ISBN)
  9. URL: https://www.scientific.net/SSP.108-109.25