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Gallium nitride (GaN) has emerged as an essential semiconductor material for energy-efficient lighting and electronic applications owing to its large direct bandgap of 3.4 eV. Present GaN/AlGaN heterostructures seemingly feature an…

We have addressed the existing ambiguity regarding the effect of process-induced strain in the underlying GaN layer on AlGaN/GaN heterostructure properties. The bandgaps and offsets for AlGaN on strained GaN are first computed using a cubic…

We report on energy bands and breakdown characteristics of Al2O3 dielectrics on ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) AlGaN heterostructures. Metal-dielectric-semiconductor structures are important to sustain high fields needed for future…

Ultrawide bandgap semiconductor gallium oxide (Ga2O3) and its polymorphs have recently attracted increasing attention across physics, materials science, and electronics communities. In particular, the self-organized formation of the…

We report on the interfacial electronic properties of HfO2 gate dielectrics both, with GaN towards normally-OFF recessed HEMT architectures and the AlGaN barrier for normally-ON AlGaN/GaN MISHEMTs for GaN device platforms on Si. A…

The GaAs/GaAsN interface band offset is calculated from first principles. The electrostatic potential at the core regions of the atoms is used to estimate the interface potential and align the band structures obtained from respective bulk…

We have successfully demonstrated Si/GaAs p-n heterostructures using Al2O3 ultra-thin oxide interfacial layers. The band diagram and band offsets were investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and confirm a small discontinuity in…

The structural and electronic properties of cubic GaN are studied within the local density approximation by the full-potential linear muffin-tin orbitals method. The Ga $3d$ electrons are treated as band states, and no shape approximation…

Despite considerable advancements, high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) based on gallium nitride (GaN) channels remain largely limited to power applications below 650 V. For higher power demands, the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor…

We report a polarization-induced 2D electron gas (2DEG) at an epitaxial AlBN/GaN heterojunction grown on a SiC substrate. Using this 2DEG in a long conducting channel, we realize ultra-thin barrier AlBN/GaN high electron mobility…

The effect of a two dimensional (2D) graphene layer (GL) on top of the silicon nitride (SiN) passivation layer of AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs) has been systematically analyzed.…

We report on the deposition of gallium oxide using microwave irradiation technique on III nitride epi layers. We also report on the first demonstration of a gallium oxide device, a visible blind deep UV detector, with GaN based…

GaN based high electron mobility transistors show promise in numerous device applications which elicits the need for accurate models of bulk, surface, and interface electronic properties. We detail here a hybrid density functional theory…

In this study, a 6 nm layer of Magnesium Silicate (Mg-Silicate) was deposited on AlGaN/GaN heterostructure by sputtering of multiple stacks of MgO and SiO$_{2}$, followed by rapid thermal annealing in a nitrogen (N$_{2}$) environment. The…

The electronic structure of the transparent semiconductor In2O3 has been studied by angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy upon deposition of metallic indium and also tin on the surface of the semiconductor. By deposition of metallic…

Identifying applicable anode materials is a significant task for Li- and Na-ion battery (LIB and NIB) technologies. We propose the GaN monolayer (2D GaN) can be a good anode candidate. The GaN monolayer manifests stable Li/Na adsorption and…

The three dimensional carrier confinement in GaN nanodiscs embedded in GaN/AlGaN nanowires and its effect on their photoluminescence properties is analyzed for Al concentrations between x = 0.08 and 1. Structural analysis by high resolution…

The recent progress in formation of two-dimensional (2D) GaN by a migration-enhanced encapsulated technique opens up new possibilities for group III-V 2D semiconductors with a band gap within the visible energy spectrum. Using…

We study theoretically the magnetic and electric properties of the interface between two antiferromagnetic and insulating manganites: La0.5Ca0.5MnO3, a strong correlated insulator, and CaMnO3, a band-insulator. We find that a ferromagnetic…

Semiconductor heterostructures based on layered two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) interfaced to gallium nitride (GaN) are excellent material systems to realize broadband light emitters and absorbers. The surface…