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Electronic structure of silicon nitride


Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Akad. Lavrenteva 13, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation

Amorphous oxide SiO2, oxynitride SiOxNy, and silicon nitride Si3N4 are the three key dielectric materials of silicon device technology. Silicon nitride is currently finding use in a variety of applications, in particular, as a storage medium in next-generation flash memory devices. Varying the chemical composition of nonstoichiometric silicon-rich SiNx allows a wide-range control of its optical and electrical properties. In this review, an analysis of the electronic structure of silicon nitride of varying composition is presented.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0182.201205d.0531
PACS: 71.15.Mb, 71.23.−k, 77.22.−d, 77.55.df, 77.84.Bw, 78.20.−e (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0182.201205d.0531
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2012/5/d/
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Citation: Gritsenko V A "Electronic structure of silicon nitride" Phys. Usp. 55 498–507 (2012)
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Received: 8th, December 2011, 16th, January 2012

Оригинал: Гриценко В А «Электронная структура нитрида кремния» УФН 182 531–541 (2012); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0182.201205d.0531

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