Title :
Publication of apparently unreliable book on fowler-nordheim field emission
Author :
Forbes, Richard G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Abstract :
This conference poster comments on the reliability of a recently published book on the topic of “Fowler-Nordheim Field Emission: Effects in Semiconductor Nanostructures”. The precise origin of important equations in the book is unclear, and one important equation checked apparently does not reduce to a Fowler-Nordheim-type equation in circumstances where it ought to do so. It is concluded that the derivations of equations in this book need to be checked before scientific use.
Keywords :
field emission; nanostructured materials; reliability; semiconductor materials; Fowler-Nordheim field emission; Fowler-Nordheim-type equation; conference poster comments; derivations equations; reliability; semiconductor nanostructure effects; unreliable book; Approximation methods; Electric fields; Electron emission; Equations; Iron; Mathematical model; Semiconductor nanostructures; Field electron emission; semiconductors;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), 2014 27th International
Conference_Location :
Engelberg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5306-6
DOI :
10.1109/IVNC.2014.6894814