Mesoscopic Effects in Electronic Microstructures

Abstract

In the course of the reported project we studied transport and thermodynamic properties of ultra-small electronic microstructures, known as mesoscopic, using various theoretical approaches and techniques. The main goal of this research is the improved characterization of and understanding of limitations on quantum electronic devices. We obtained several important results and breakthroughs in our analysis of hopping conduction in Si-MOSFETs, far infra-red absorption in metal-insulator composites, and orbital magnetism of metals and quantum dots in semiconductor heterostructures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 12, 1992
Accession Number
ADA254889

Entities

People

  • Rostislav Serota

Organizations

  • University of Cincinnati

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Electron Interactions
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Geometry
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Microstructure
  • Military Research
  • Perturbation Theory
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Properties
  • Semiconductors
  • Statistics
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Quantum Computing
  • Space