Comparison of electron and hole charge dynamics in NC Ge flash memories has been discussed in [3]. As we know, the crystal size of semiconductor less than 100 nm can lead to a larger band gap and a change in dielectric constant. In the former work [8, 9], the effect of silicon grain size on the performance https://www.selleckchem.com/products/pexidartinib-plx3397.html of thin-film transistors has been studied. To explore NC Ge in a memory device, it is worthy to study how the crystal size of NC Ge on charging dynamics

works. Methods Theory The energy of the highest valence state (E v) and the energy of the lowest conduction state (E c) for selleck kinase inhibitor spherical NCs of diameter d (given in nanometer) are given by the following expression [3] (1) (2) The mean diameter (d) of Ge NCs is uniquely controlled by the nominal thickness (t) of the deposited amorphous Ge using molecular beam epitaxy according to the law [1, 2] (3) where K ~ 7 uses molecular beam epitaxy. The average density of Ge NCs according to the law [1, 2] is (4) Note that the Ge NCs have a truncated spherical form and present an aspect ratio (height over diameter) of about 0.8 [1, 2]. Thus the filling

factor that is the ratio of area of Ge NCs to the total area can be obtained as (5) The self-capacitance of an approximately spherical Ge NC is [6] (6) where ε a-Si is the relative dielectric constant of amorphous Si. The capacitance Selleckchem CAL 101 of the amorphous Ge layer is (7) Those capacitors are in parallel; thus, the capacitance of the deposited NC Ge layer according to Equations

3, 4, 5, and 6 is (8) where ε a-Ge is the relative dielectric constant of amorphous Ge. When Ge NCs in the deposited amorphous Ge layer is charged with one elementary charge by the tunneling L-NAME HCl electron, causing a voltage buildup V = Q/C nc-Ge, hence the amount of energy stored in this layer is (9) The total capacitances between gate and substrate are the series capacitances of tunneling oxide, NC Ge layer, and control oxide (10) When the gate is applied with a positive voltage, the electric field in the tunneling oxide layer in a NC Ge memory with stored charge can be deduced according to the superposition principle of electric fields. Firstly, considering the case that no charge is stored in the NC Ge layer, the oxide field can be obtained as (11) where d t-ox is the tunneling oxide layer thickness. On the other hand, the dielectric constant of NC Ge can be obtained as [5] (ε b is the dielectric constant of bulk germanium). The characteristic radius d 0 for Ge is 3.5 nm.