Publications


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 2012

 
     
Flash Memories
T. Mikolajick and V. Zhirnov Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel Devices, R. Waser, ed., Darmstadt: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2012, pp. 621–634 and 635-653         
Capacitor based Radom Access Memories U. Schroeder, H. Schröder, A, Kingon, S. Summerfelt, C.S. Hwang, U. Böttger
Semiconductor nanocrystals embedded in high-k materials F. Benner, S. Haas, F. Schneider, V. Klemm, G. Schreiber, J. von Borany, and J. Heitmann ECS Transactions, 2012, pp. 9–16
Intrinsic MOSFET leakage of high-k peripheral DRAM devices: measurement and simulation  G. Roll Proceeding of VLSI-TSA, Hsinchu, Taiwan: 2012
Downscaling ferroelectric field effect transistors by using ferroelectric Si-doped HfO2 A.Martin, E. Yurchuk, S. Müller, J. Müller, J. Paul, J. Sundquist, S. Slesazeck, T. Schlösser, R. van Bentum, M. Trentzsch, U. Schröder, and T. Mikojajick, Proceeding of 13th ULIS, 2012, pp. 195 –198
HfO2-based ferroelectric field-effect transistors  E. Yurchuk Proceeding of 4th IMW, Milano, Italy: 2012, pp. 217–220
Influence of silicon content, annealing temperature  and film thickness on the ferroelectric properties of  HfO2 and its implication on highly scaled  J. Müller Proceeding of IEEE Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, Honolulu, USA: 2012
Filamentary resistive switching in amorphous and polycrystalline Nb2O5 thin films H. Mähne, L. Berger, D. Martin, V. Klemm, S. Slesazeck, S. Jakschik, D. Rafaja, and T. Mikolajick Solid-State Electronics, vol. 72, Jun. 2012, pp. 73–77
Low-cost caesium phosphate as n-dopant for organic light-emitting diodes J. H. Wemken, R. Krause, T. Mikolajick, and G. Schmid Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 111, Apr. 2012, pp. 074502–074502–5
Thermally activated crystallization of Nb2O5 grown on Pt electrode L. Berger, H. Mähne, V. Klemm, A. Leuteritz, T. Mikolajick, and D. Rafaja Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, Mar. 2012, pp. 1–7
Incipient ferroelectricity in Al‐doped HfO2 thin films S. Müller, J. Müller, A. Singh, S. Riedel, J. Sundqvist, U. Schröder, and T. Mikolajick Advanced Functional Materials, Mar. 2012
Insights into electrical characteristics of silicon doped hafnium oxide ferroelectric thin films D. Zhou, J. Müller, J. Xu, S. Knebel, D. Bräuhaus, and U. Schröder Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, Feb. 2012, pp. 082905 –082905–4
Metal Oxide Memories Based on Thermochemical and Valence Change Mechanisms J.J. Yang, I.H. Inoue, T. Mikolajick, and C.S. Hwang MRS Bulletin, vol. 37, Feb. 2012, pp. 131–137
Nanosecond polarization switching and long retention in a novel MFIS-FET based on ferroelectric HfO2 J. Müller, T.S. Böscke, U. Schröder, R. Hoffmann, T. Mikolajick, and L. Frey, Electron Device Letters, IEEE, vol. 33, Feb. 2012, pp. 185 –187
Sub-microsecond polarization switching in Hf1-xSixO2 based metal-ferroelectric-insulator-silicon  transistor J. Müller, U. Schröder, T.S. Böschke, S. Jakschik, D. Bräuhaus, T. Mikolajick, and L. Frey IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 33, 2012, pp. 185–187

2011

What’s after NAND? F. Beug, T. Melde, T. Mikolajick, S. Slesazeck, J. Willer, and G. Wong  
Ferroelectricity in hafnium oxide: CMOS compatible ferroelectric field effect transistors T.S. Böscke, J. Müller, D. Bräuhaus, U. Schröder, and U. Böttger Proceeding of IEDM 2011, 2011, pp. 24.5.1 –24.5.4.
Optical characterization of three-dimensional structures within a DRAM capacitor M. Krupinski, A. Kasic, T. Hecht, M. Klude, J. Heitmann, E. Erben, and T. Mikolajick Proceeding of SPIE, 2011, p. 80823Y–80823Y–11
Polarity behavior and adjustment in silicon nanowire Schottky junction transistors W.M. Weber, A. Heinzig, and T. Mikolajick ECS Transactions, 2011, pp. 93–101. 2011
P1, P2 and P3 structuring of CIGSE solar cells with a single laser wavelength A. Schultz EU PVSEC Proceeding, Hamburg, Germany: 2011, pp. 2540 – 2543
Surface conditioning of the TiO2 electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells M. Knaut and I. Dirnstorfer EU PVSEC Proceeding, Hamburg, Germany: 2011, pp. 576 – 579
Dielectric backside passivation- improvements by dipole optimization S. Jakschik PVSEC Proceeding, Hamburg, Germany: 2011, pp. 2252 – 2255
Scanning spreading resistance microscopy as a technique for silicon solar cell emitter structure characterization S. Döring EU PVSEC Proceeding, Hamburg, Germany: 2011, pp. 122–125
Comparison of electrical properties of thin calcium titanate high-k insulators on RuO2, Pt and C electrodes A. Krause, W.M. Weber, U. Schröder, A. Jahn, K. Richter, A. Graham, J. Heitmann, and T. Mikolajick World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2011, pp. 986–987
Ferroelectricity in yttrium-doped hafnium oxide J. Müller, U. Schröder, T.S. Böscke, I. Müller, U. Böttger, L. Wilde, J. Sundquist, M. Lemberger, P. Kücher, T. Mikolajick, and L. Frey Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 110, Dec. 2011, pp. 114113 –114113–5
Reduction of leakage currents with nanocrystals embedded in an amorphous matrix in metal-insulator-metal capacitor stacks A. Krause, W.M. Weber, U. Schröder, D. Pohl, B. Rellinghaus, J. Heitmann, and T. Mikolajick Applied Physics Letters, vol. 99, Nov. 2011, pp. 222905–222905–3
Direct probing of Schottky barriers in Si- Nanowire Schottky barrier field effect transistors D. Martin, A. Heinzig, M. Grube, L. Geelhaar, T. Mikolajick, H. Riechert, and W.M. Weber Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, Nov. 2011, p. 216807
Impact of carbon junction implant on leakage currents and defect distribution: Measurement and simulation G. Roll, S. Jakschik, A. Burenkov, M. Goldbach, T. Mikolajick, and L. Frey Solid-State Electronics, vol. 65–66, Nov. 2011, pp. 170–176
Phase transitions in ferroelectric silicon doped hafnium oxide T. S. Böscke, S. Teichert, D. Bräuhaus, J. Müller, U. Schröder, U. Böttger, and T. Mikolajick Applied Physics Letters, vol. 99, Sep. 2011, pp. 112904–112904–3
Ferroelectric Zr0.5Hf0.5O2 thin films for nonvolatile memory applications J. Müller, T.S. Böscke, D. Bräuhaus, U. Schröder, U. Böttger, J. Sundquist, P. Kücher, T. Mikolajick, and L. Frey Applied Physics Letters, vol. 99, Sep. 2011, pp. 112901–112901–3
Ferroelectricity in hafnium oxide thin films T. S. Böscke, J. Müller, D. Bräuhaus, U. Schröder, and U. Böttger  Applied Physics Letters, vol. 99, Sep. 2011,
pp. 102903–102903–3
Control of rectifying and resistive switching behavior in BiFeO3 thin films Y. Shuai, S. Zhou, C. Wu, W. Zhang, D. Bürger, S. Slesazeck, T. Mikolajick, M. Helm, and H. Schmidt Applied Physics Express, vol. 4, Aug. 2011, pp. 095802–095802–3
Multiscale modeling of nanowire-based Schottky-barrier field-effect transistors for sensor applications D. Nozaki, J. Kunstmann, F. Zörgiebel, W.M. Weber, T. Mikolajick, and G. Cuniberti Nanotechnology, vol. 22, Aug. 2011, p. 325703
The influence of crystallinity on the resistive switching behavior of TiO2 H. Mähne, S. Slesazeck, S. Jakschik, I. Dirnstorfer, and T. Mikolajick Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 88, Jul. 2011, pp. 1148–1151
Phase stabilization of sputtered strontium zirconate M. Grube, D. Martin, W.M. Weber, T. Mikolajick, and H. Riechert Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 88, Jul. 2011,
pp. 1326–1329
Influence of metal gate and capping film stress on TANOS cell performance M. Czernohorsky, T. Melde, V. Beyer, M.F. Beug, J. Paul, R. Hoffmann, R. Knöfler, and A.T. Tilke Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 88, Jul. 2011, pp. 1178–1181
Reduced leakage current in BiFeO3 thin films with rectifying contacts

 

Y. Shuai, S. Zhou, S. Streit, H. Reuther, D. Bürger, S. Slesazeck, T. Mikolajick, M. Helm, and H. Schmidt Applied Physics Letters, vol. 98, Jun. 2011, pp. 232901–232901–3
TaN and Al2O3 sidewall gate-etch damage influence on program, erase, and retention of sub-50-nm TANOS NAND flash memory cells M.F. Beug, T. Melde, J. Paul, and R. Knöfler Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 58, Jun. 2011, pp. 1728 –1734
Synthesis of SrTiO3 by crystallization of SrO/TiO2 superlattices prepared by atomic layer deposition S. Riedel, J. Neidhardt, S. Jansen, L. Wilde, J. Sundquist, E. Erben, S. Teichert, and A. Michaelis Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 109, May. 2011,
pp. 094101–094101–8
Influence of composition and bottom electrode properties on the local conductivity of TiN/HfTiO2 and TiN/Ru/HfTiO2 stacks D. Martin, M. Grube, P. Reinig, L. Oberbeck, J. Heitmann, W.M. Weber, T. Mikolajick, and H. Riechert Applied Physics Letters, vol. 98, Jan. 2011, pp. 012901–012901–3
Evaluation of the electrical and physical properties of thin calcium titanate high-k insulators for capacitor applications A. Krause, W. Weber, A. Jahn, K. Richter, D. Pohl, B. Rellinghaus, U. Schroder, J. Heitmann, and T. Mikolajick Journal of Vacuum Science Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 29, Jan. 2011,
pp. 01AC07 –01AC07–5
Analysis of the effect of germanium preamorphization on interface defects and leakage current for high-k metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor G. Roll, S. Jakschik, M. Goldbach, A. Wachowiak, T. Mikolajick, and L. Frey Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, vol. 29, 2011, p. 01AA05
Macroscopic and microscopic electrical characterizations of high-k ZrO2 and ZrO2/Al2O3/ZrO2 metal-insulator-metal structures D. Martin, M. Grube, W. Weinreich, J. Müller, L. Wilde, E. Erben, W.M. Weber, J. Heitmann, U. Schröder, T. Mikolajick, and H. Riechert Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 29, 2011, p. 01AC02
Reconfigurable silicon nanowire transistors A. Heinzig, S. Slesazeck, F. Kreupl, T. Mikolajick, and W.M. Weber Nano Letters, vol. 12, 2011, pp. 119–124
Applicability of molecular beam deposition for the growth of high-k oxides M. Grube, D. Martin, W.M. Weber, T. Mikolajick, O. Bierwagen, L. Geelhaar, and H. Riechert Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, vol. 29, 2011, p. 01AC05
Influence of composition and bottom electrode properties on the local conductivity of TiN/HfTiO2 and TiN/Ru/HfTiO2 stacks. D. Martin, M. Grube, P. Reinig, L. Oberbeck, J. Heitmann , W. M. Weber, T. Mikolajick and H. Riechert Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 012901 (2011)

2010

An empirical model describing the MLC retention of charge trap flash memories T. Melde, R. Hoffmann, E. Yurchuk, J. Paul, and T. Mikolajick Integrated Reliability Workshop Final Report (IRW), 2010, pp. 118 –120
Carbon junction implant: Effect on leakage currents and defect distribution G. Roll, S. Jakschik, M. Goldbach, T. Mikolajick, and L. Frey Proceeding of ESSDERC, 2010, pp. 329 –332
Polarity controllable silicon nanowire Schottky barrier field effect transistors - a building block for reconfigurable systems T. Mikolajick, A. Heinzig, and W.M. Weber Proceedings of 8th Nanofair, 2010
Silicon and nickel-silicide nanowires as an anode material for lithium batteries S. Jakschik, W. Weber, A. Ispas, A. Bund, and T. Mikolajick, Proceedings of 61th Annual Meeting of the Electrochemistry Society, 2010
An investigation of the electrical properties of MIS capacitors with pyrolytic carbon electrodes A. P. Graham, K. Richter, T. Jay, W. M. Weber, S. Knebel, U. Schröder and T. Mikolajick Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 108, Nov. 2010,
pp. 104508 –104508–4
Improved high-temperature etch processing of high-k metal gate stacks in scaled TANOS memory devices J. Paul, V. Beyer, M. Czernohorsky, M. F. Beug, K. Biedermann, M. Mildner, P. Michalowski, E. Schütze, T. Melde, S. Wege, R. Knöfler, and T. Mikolajick Microelectronic Engineering (2010) 87, 5-8, 1629-1633
SrTiO3 thin film capacitors on silicon substrates free from interfacial S. Schmelzer, D. Bräuhaus, U. Böttger, S. Hoffmann-Eifert, P. Meuffels, R. Waser, P. Reinig L. Oberbeck, and U. Schroeder

 

Applied Physics Letters 97, 132907  (2010) 

An investigation of the electrical properties of pyrolytic carbon in reduced dimensions; vias and wires
A. P. Graham, G. Schindler, G. S. Duesberg, T. Lutz and W. M. Weber J. Appl. Phys. 107, 114316 (2010)
Direct Comparison of Catalyst-Free and Catalyst-induced GaN Nanowires C. Chèze,  L. Geelhaar,  O. Brandt, W. M. Weber,H. Riechert, S. Münch, R. Rothemund, S. Reitzenstein, A. Forchel, T. Kehagias, P. Komninou, G. P. Dimitrakopulos and T. Karakostas Nano Research (3) 528 (2010)
Modeling of leakage currents in high- dielectrics: Three-dimensional approach via kinetic Monte Carlo G. Jegert, A. Kersch, W. Weinreich, U. Schröder, and P. Lugli Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 1 2010accepted
Nanocrystalline Materials: Optimization of Thin Film Properties J. Heitmann and T. Mikolajick ECS Transactions 28(2) (2010) 451 - 460.
The influence of bottom oxide thickness on the extraction of the trap energy in SONOS structures K. Bernert, Ch. Oestreich, J. Bollmann, and T. Mikolajick Applied Physics A (2010) 100 249–255

 2009

Nanocrystalline materials: Optimization of thin film properties  J. Heitmann and T. Mikolajick ECS Transactions, 2010, pp. 451–460
Analysis of trap mechanisms responsible for Random Telegraph Noise and erratic programming on sub-50nm floating gate flash memories K. Seidel, R. Hoffmann, D.A. Lohr, T. Melde, M. Czernohorsky, J. Paul, M.F. Beug, and V. Beyer Proceeding of 10th NVMTS, 2009, pp. 67 –71
Local charge trsnsport in nanoscale amorphous and crystalline regions of high-k (Zr02)0.8(Al2O3)0.2 thin fims D. Martin, M. Grube, W. M. Weber, J. Ruestig, O. Bierwagen, L. Geelhaar and H. Riechert Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 142906 (2009)

 2008

Tuning the Polarity of Si-Nanowire Transistors Without the Use of Doping W.M. Weber, L. Geelhaar, L. Lamagna, M. Fanciulli, F. Kreupl, E. Unger, H. Riechert, G. Scarpa, and P. Lugli Proceeding of 8th NANO, 2008, pp. 580 –581
Analysis of the hysteretic behavior of silicon nanowire transistors Z. Fahem, G. Csaba, C.M. Erlen, P. Lugli, W. M. Weber, L. Geelhaar, H. Riechert Phys. Stat. Sol. (c) 5, p. 27 (2008)

 2007

Silicon to nickel-silicide axial nanowire heterostructures for high performance electronics W. M. Weber, L. Geelhaar, E. Unger, C. Chèze, F. Kreupl, H. Riechert, P. Lugli Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 244, 4170 (2007)
Axial and radial growth of Ni-induced GaN nanowires L. Geelhaar, C. Chèze, W. M. Weber, R. Averbeck, H. Riechert, Th. Kehagias, Ph. Komninou, G. P. Dimitrakopulos, Th. Karakostas Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 093113 (2007)
Leakage currents at crystallites in ZrAlxOy thin films measured by conductive atomic-force microscopy O. Bierwagen, L. Geelhaar, X. Gay, M. Piešiņš, H. Riechert, B. Jobst, A. Rucki Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 23901 (2007)

 2006

Silicon-nanowire transistors with intruded nickel-silicide contacts W. M. Weber, L. Geelhaar, A. P. Graham, E. Unger, G. S. Duesberg, M. Liebau, W. Pamler, C. Cheze, H. Riechert, P. Lugli and F. Kreupl. Nano Letters 6, p. 2660-2666 (2006)
Silicon nanowires: catalytic growth and electrical characterization W. M. Weber, G. S. Duesberg, A. P. Graham, M. Liebau, E. Unger, C. Cheze, L. Geelhaar, P. Lugli, H. Riechert and F. Kreupl. Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 243, p. 3340-3345 (2006)
Non-linear gate length dependence of on-current in Si-Nanowire FETs W. M. Weber, A. P. Graham, G. S. Duesberg, M. Liebau, C. Cheze, L. Geelhaar, E. Unger, W. Pamler, W. Hoenlein, H. Riechert, F. Kreupl, P. Lugli IEEE 36th ESSDERC proc. p.423-426 (2006)