The fundamental challenge for designing transparent conductors used in photovoltaics,
displays and solid-state lighting is the ideal combination of high optical transparency and …

The rapidly increasing global demand for energy combined with the environmental impact of
fossil fuels has spurred the search for alternative sources of clean energy. One promising …

The combination of standard wafer-scale semiconductor processing with the properties of
functional oxides opens up to innovative and more efficient devices with high value …

The continuous down-scaling of electronic devices and the introduction of functionally
improved novel materials require a greater atomic level controllability in the synthesis and …

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a proven technique for the conformal deposition of oxide
thin films with nanoscale thickness control. Most successful industrial applications have …

The electronic and optical properties of cubic SrHfO 3 under the variation of pressures were
investigated by first-principles calculation within the framework of generalized gradient …

The current work explores the crystalline perovskite oxide, strontium hafnate, as a potential
high-k gate dielectric for Ge-based transistors. SrHfO 3 (SHO) is grown directly on Ge by …

We have investigated epitaxial BaHfO 3 as a high-k perovskite dielectric. From x-ray
diffraction measurement, we confirmed the epitaxial growth of BaHfO 3 on BaSnO 3 and …

Silicon, an earth‐abundant material with mature technology, low‐cost manufacturing, and
high stability, holds promise to enable the sustainable exploitation of solar energy resources …

This work demonstrates the growth of crystalline SrTiO3 (STO) directly on germanium via a
chemical method. After thermal deoxidation, the Ge substrate is transferred in vacuo to the …