Unravelling the secrets of the resistance of GaN to strongly ionising radiation

Autor: Miguel C. Sequeira, Jean-Gabriel Mattei, Henrique Vazquez, Flyura Djurabekova, Kai Nordlund, Isabelle Monnet, Pablo Mota-Santiago, Patrick Kluth, Clara Grygiel, Shuo Zhang, Eduardo Alves, Katharina Lorenz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Communications Physics, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2399-3650
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-021-00550-2
Popis: Gallium nitride is a wide bandgap semiconductor which is generally expected to replace some silicon-based technologies, despite some of its properties still requiring further investigation. Here, using a two-temperature model coupled to molecular dynamics simulations, the authors investigate and predict the effects of strongly ionising radiation in gallium nitride, revealing the mechanism behind its unusual resistance to radiation.
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