Electromigration is a phenomenon in which electronic conduction can result in mass transport of the conducting material, resulting in the eventual failure of a device. Momentum transfer from the conducting species to the ...

For the purpose of achieving tilted c-axis texture in AlN, off-axis deposition is temperature. XRD pole figure analysis show that layers deposited from a normal angle (α = 0°) exhibit fiber texture, with the c-axis tilted ...

Concentrated Solar Power plants (CSP) capture the Sun's thermal energy by concentrating sunlight to a central tower which transfers the heat to a thermal energy storage material (TES) such as molten salts. The TES containers ...

The ever-evolving symbiosis between mankind and nanoelectronics-driven technology pushes the limits of its constituent materials, largely due to the dominance of undesirable hetero-interfacial physiochemical behavior at ...

The temperature resolution is an important factor to consider for a new temperature measurement technique. It is important to understand how different factors affect temperature resolution and how to adjust these factors ...

The downscaling of modern integrated circuits is facing a major challenge posed by the resistivity size effect in interconnect lines which is mainly due to electron scattering at surfaces and grain boundaries. The resistivity ...

Epitaxial tantalum layers were grown on MgO(001) by ultrahigh vacuum magnetron sputter deposition at 650 °C to thicknesses d ranging from 5 nm to 2 μm. X-ray diffraction including ω-2θ, ω rocking curve, and φ scans confirm ...

Finally, a transport model for thin films with anisotropic Fermi surfaces is presented, which includes the effect of electron surface scattering. Simulations done using the calculated W Fermi surface show the resistivity ...