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In hafnia-based thin-film ferroelectric devices, chemical phenomena during growth and processing such as oxygen vacancy formation and interfacial reactions appear to strongly affect device performance. However, the nanoscale structure,…
Hafnium oxide (HfO2), particularly at low-dimensional scales, exhibits extensive promising applications in ultrahigh density devices like low-power logic and non-volatile memory devices due to its compatibility with current semiconductor…
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