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A scheme is proposed to electrically measure the spin-momentum coupling in the topological insulator surface state by injection of spin polarized electrons from silicon. As a first approach, devices were fabricated consisting of thin…

The authors report on the crystallographic orientation dependence of the Schottky properties for heterojunctions between a half-metallic ferromagnet La$_0.6$Sr$_0.4$MnO$_3$ (LSMO) and Nb-doped SrTiO3 semiconductor. The Schottky barrier…

Accurate prediction of Schottky barrier heights (SBHs) at metal-semiconductor (M-SC) interfaces is essential for understanding and optimizing charge injection in electronic and optoelectronic devices. However, first-principles calculations…

$\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ is a next-generation ultra wide bandgap semiconductor (E$_g$ = 4.8 eV to 4.9 eV) that can be homoepitaxially grown on commercial substrates, enabling next-generation power electronic devices among other important…

${\beta}$-Ga${_2}$O${_3}$ based semiconductor devices are expected to have significantly improved high-power and high-temperature performance due to its ultra-wide bandgap of close to 5 eV. However, the high-temperature operation of these…

Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diodes featuring a field plate and a composite SiO2/SiNx dielectric layer beneath the field plate were fabricated, achieving a breakdown voltage of 2.4 kV at room temperature. Electrical performance and degradation…

We exploit scanning probe controlled domain patterning in a ferroelectric top layer to induce nonvolatile modulation of the conduction characteristic of monolayer MoS$_2$ between a transistor and a junction state. In the presence of a…

Ballistic electron emission microscopy (BEEM) was performed to obtain nanoscale current versus bias characteristics of non-epitaxial Au on p-type GaAs in order to accurately measure the local Schottky barrier height. Hole injection BEEM…

The transition metal dichalcogenide ($MX_{2}$, where $M$=Mo, W and $X$=S, Se, Te) monolayers are of high interest for semiconducting applications at the nanoscale level; this interest is due to both their direct band gaps and high charge…

High-quality two-dimensional (2D) dielectrics are crucial for fabricating 2D/3D hybrid vertical electronic devices such as metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) based Schottky diodes and hot electron transistors, the production of which is…

We demonstrate the formation of semimetal graphite/semiconductor Schottky barriers where the semiconductor is either silicon (Si), gallium arsenide (GaAs) or 4H-silicon carbide (4H-SiC). Near room temperature, the forward-bias diode…

The potential barrier height at the interface formed by a metal contact and multiple one-dimensional (1D) quasi-ballistic channels in field-effect transistors (FETs) is evaluated across different carbon nanotube and nanowire device…

600V/20A 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) were fabricated to investigate the effect of key processing steps, especially before and after a formation of Schottky contact, on the electrical performances of SBD and on a long-term…

An aluminum nitride (AlN) Schottky barrier diode (SBD) was fabricated on a nonpolar AlN crystal grown on tungsten substrate by physical vapor transport. The Ni/Au-AlN SBD features a low ideality factor n of 3.3 and an effective Schottky…

Schottky barrier contact has been fabricated by thermal deposition of Al on (100) Ge (impurity concentration~1010/cm3 at 80K) that shows extrinsic p-type to intrinsic n-type transition near 180K. Both p and n-type Ge exhibits ideal Schottky…

The Schottky barrier height ($E_{SBH}$) is a crucial factor in determining the transport properties of semiconductor materials as it directly regulates the carrier mobility in opto-electronics devices. In principle, van der Waals (vdW)…

We predict it is possible to achieve high-efficiency room-temperature spin injection from a mag- netic metal into InAs-based semiconductors using an engineered Schottky barrier based on an InAs/AlSb superlattice. The Schottky barrier with…

In 2D-semiconductor-based field-effect transistors and optoelectronic devices, metal-semiconductor junctions are one of the crucial factors determining device performance. The Fermi-level (FL) pinning effect, which commonly caused by…

Schottky barrier height and the ideality factor $\eta$ are established for the first time in the single phase (Ga,Mn)N using a vertical geometry device. The material has been heteroepitaxially grown on commercially available low threading…

Here, we report the observation of a hitherto unreported optoelectronic effect, namely a light-induced diode-like response in multi-layered MoSe$_2$ field-effect transistors whose sense of current rectification is controllable through a…