ORIGIN OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT IN SILVER
- 15 May 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 18 (10), 417-418
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653475
Abstract
The electric field effect of epitaxial silver films on mica in vacuum is studied as a function of temperature, thickness, and surface specularity. Using size‐effect parameters derived from the analysis of film resistivity, the data indicate that the predominant mechanism for altering the thin‐film conductance is the change in surface scattering due to surface charging of the interface.Keywords
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