Atomistic Modeling of an MFM ferroelectric capacitor made of HfO2:Si

MRS Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (48) ◽  
pp. 2619-2625 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Blaise
Keyword(s):  
Finite Size ◽  
Orthorhombic Phase ◽  
Atomistic Modeling ◽  
Finite Size Effects ◽  
Ferroelectric Capacitor ◽  
Si Doping ◽  
Ferroelectric Layer ◽  
Doping With Silicon ◽  
Characteristic Angle ◽  
Ferroelectric Switching

ABSTRACT:Using ab initio simulation, we study a ferroelectric layer of a few nanometers made of hafnia (HfO2) under the influence of Si doping with TiN electrodes. We evaluate the orthorhombic phase of Pca21 symmetry, its ferroelectric switching and the incidence of doping with silicon. We show that the ferroelectric switching can involve a 90° characteristic angle with corresponding activation energy which is lowered by a factor three due to Si doping at 3% at. A full MFM (Metal-Ferroelectric-Metal) model is derived in order to simulate finite-size effects. This model is compatible with a reversal of a polar HfO2:Si with a (111) preferential orientation. Validity and usefulness of such a model are discussed for ferroelectric devices optimization.

Finite Size Effects on Electroluminescence of Nanoscale Semiconducting Polymer Heterojunctions

1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson A. Jenekhe ◽  
Xuejun Zhang ◽  
X. Linda Chen ◽  
Vi-En Choong ◽  
Yongli Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Size Effects ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Finite Size Effects ◽  
Semiconducting Polymer

scholarly journals Entanglement, combinatorics and finite-size effects in spin chains

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 (02) ◽  
pp. P02063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Nienhuis ◽  
Massimo Campostrini ◽  
Pasquale Calabrese
Keyword(s):  
Size Effects ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Spin Chains ◽  
Finite Size Effects

scholarly journals Nonlocal and Size-Dependent Dielectric Function for Plasmonic Nanoparticles

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 3083
Author(s):  
Kai-Jian Huang ◽  
Shui-Jie Qin ◽  
Zheng-Ping Zhang ◽  
Zhao Ding ◽  
Zhong-Chen Bai
Keyword(s):  
Metallic Nanoparticles ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Plasmonic Nanostructures ◽  
Accurate Analysis ◽  
Finite Size Effects ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Quantum Size ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

We develop a theoretical approach to investigate the impact that nonlocal and finite-size effects have on the dielectric response of plasmonic nanostructures. Through simulations, comprehensive comparisons of the electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and the optical performance are discussed for a gold spherical dimer system in terms of different dielectric models. Our study offers a paradigm of high efficiency compatible dielectric theoretical framework for accounting the metallic nanoparticles behavior combining local, nonlocal and size-dependent effects in broader energy and size ranges. The results of accurate analysis and simulation for these effects unveil the weight and the evolution of both surface and bulk plasmons vibrational mechanisms, which are important for further understanding the electrodynamics properties of structures at the nanoscale. Particularly, our method can be extended to other plasmonic nanostructures where quantum-size or strongly interacting effects are likely to play an important role.

scholarly journals Effect of Bjerrum pairs on electrostatic properties in an electrolyte solution near charged surfaces: A mean-field approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Sik Sin
Keyword(s):  
Electrolyte Solution ◽  
Size Effects ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Ion Association ◽  
Finite Size Effects ◽  
Field Approach ◽  
Electrostatic Properties ◽  
Charged Surfaces ◽  
Orientational Ordering

In this paper, we investigate the consequences of ion association, coupled with the considerations of finite size effects and orientational ordering of Bjerrum pairs as well as ions and water...

FEW-PARTICLE ANYON EXCITON: EXACT SOLUTIONS

2003 ◽  
Vol 02 (06) ◽  
pp. 461-468
Author(s):  
D. G. W. PARFITT ◽  
M. E. PORTNOI
Keyword(s):  
Exact Solutions ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Spherical Geometry ◽  
Planar Geometry ◽  
Quantum Liquid ◽  
Dimensional Electron ◽  
Adequate Description ◽  
Exciton Model ◽  
Finite Size Effects ◽  
Dimensional Electron Gas

The anyon exciton model, which describes an exciton against the background of an incompressible quantum liquid, is generalized to the case of an arbitrary number of anyons. Some mathematical aspects of this quantum-mechanical few-particle problem are considered and several exact solutions are obtained. The four-particle case is also considered in the classical limit in both planar and spherical geometries. Such a classical approach gives an adequate description of an anyon exciton at large separation between the valence hole and the two-dimensional electron gas. It is shown that in this limit in a planar geometry the anyon exciton is always energetically more favorable than a charged anyon ion. This indicates that the appearance of fractionally-charged anyon ions reported in recent numerical calculations is an artefact apparently caused by finite-size effects in a spherical geometry.

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