Gate-regulated transition temperatures for electron hopping behaviours in silicon junctionless nanowire transistors

Xinyu Wu; Weihua Han; Xiaosong Zhao; Yangyan Guo; Xiaodi Zhang; Fuhua Yang

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/41/7/072905

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