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Walter M. Weber

Other affiliations: Technische Universität München, Infineon Technologies, Qimonda  ...read more
Bio: Walter M. Weber is an academic researcher from Vienna University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nanowire & Transistor. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 125 publications receiving 2741 citations. Previous affiliations of Walter M. Weber include Technische Universität München & Infineon Technologies.


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TL;DR: This novel nanotransistor technology makes way for a simple and compact hardware platform that can be flexibly reconfigured during operation to perform different logic computations yielding unprecedented circuit design flexibility.
Abstract: Over the past 30 years electronic applications have been dominated by complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices. These combine p- and n-type field effect transistors (FETs) to reduce s...

349 citations

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TL;DR: Schottky barrier field effect transistors based on individual catalytically-grown and undoped Si-nanowires (NW) have been fabricated and characterized with respect to their gate lengths, and the transistors displayed p-type behaviour, sustained current densities, and on/off current ratios.
Abstract: Schottky barrier field effect transistors based on individual catalytically-grown and undoped Si-nanowires (NW) have been fabricated and characterized with respect to their gate lengths. The gate length was shortened by the axial, self-aligned formation of nickel-silicide source and drain segments along the NW. The transistors with 10−30 nm NW diameters displayed p-type behaviour, sustained current densities of up to 0.5 MA/cm2, and exhibited on/off current ratios of up to 107. The on-currents were limited and kept constant by the Schottky contacts for gate lengths below 1 μm, and decreased exponentially for gate lengths exceeding 1 μm.

244 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have shown that the Ni seeds can cause more basal-plane stacking faults and their photoluminescence is weaker than the catalyst-free Ni seeds, which can be explained as effects of the catalyst Ni seeds.
Abstract: GaN nanowires have been grown by molecular beam epitaxy either catalyst-free or catalyst-induced by means of Ni seeds. Under identical growth conditions of temperature and V/III ratio, both types of GaN nanowires are of wurtzite structure elongated in the Ga-polar direction and are constricted by M-plane facets. However, the catalyst-induced nanowires contain many more basal-plane stacking faults and their photoluminescence is weaker. These differences can be explained as effects of the catalyst Ni seeds.

173 citations

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TL;DR: Novel multifunctional nanocircuits built from nanowire transistors that uniquely feature equal electron and hole conduction are presented, showing the mandatory requirement to yield energy efficient circuits with a single type of transistor is shown for the first time.
Abstract: We present novel multifunctional nanocircuits built from nanowire transistors that uniquely feature equal electron and hole conduction. Thereby, the mandatory requirement to yield energy efficient circuits with a single type of transistor is shown for the first time. Contrary to any transistor reported up to date, regardless of the technology and semiconductor materials employed, the dually active silicon nanowire channels shown here exhibit an ideal symmetry of current–voltage device characteristics for electron (n-type) and hole (p-type) conduction as evaluated in terms of comparable currents, turn-on threshold voltages, and switching slopes. The key enabler to symmetry is the selective tunability of the tunneling transmission of charge carriers as rendered by the combination of the nanometer-scale dimensions of the junctions and the application of radially compressive strain. To prove the advantage of this concept we integrated dually active transistors into cascadable and multifunctional one-dimension...

150 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the lattice vibrations of the silver halides AgCl and AgBr have been investigated using a shell model with deformable ions, and the deformability of the d-shell of Ag+-ion and its covalent coupling to the neighbours have been considered by introducing two new degrees of freedom in the electronic shell of the Ag+ ion.
Abstract: The lattice vibrations of the silver halides AgCl and AgBr have been investigated using a shell model with deformable ions. The deformability of the d-shell of the Ag+-ion and its covalent coupling to the neighbours have been considered by introducing two new degrees of freedom in the electronic shell of the Ag+-ion. They are of quadrupolar (Γ12+) and of rotational (Γ15+) symmetry character. The calculations have been confirmed by comparison with the unpolarized Raman spectra of second order. Die Gitterschwingungen der Silberhalogenide AgCl und AgBr wurden mit Hilfe eines erweiterten Schalenmodells mit deformierbaren Ionen untersucht. Die Deformierbarkeit der d-Schale des Ag+-Ions sowie die kovalente Bindung dieses Ions an seine nachsten Nachbarn wurden durch Einfuhren zweier elektronischer Freiheitsgrade am Ag+-Ion mit quadrupolartiger (Γ12+) und rotationsartiger (Γ10+) Symmetrie berucksichtigt. Die Modellrechnungen wurden durch Vergleich mit den unpolarisierten Ramanspektren zweiter Ordnung bestatigt.

108 citations


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Abstract: 抗原变异可使得多种致病微生物易于逃避宿主免疫应答。表达在感染红细胞表面的恶性疟原虫红细胞表面蛋白1(PfPMP1)与感染红细胞、内皮细胞、树突状细胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用,在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作用。每个单倍体基因组var基因家族编码约60种成员,通过启动转录不同的var基因变异体为抗原变异提供了分子基础。

18,940 citations

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TL;DR: The Essay concludes that practitioners theorize, and theorists practice, use these intellectual tools differently because the goals and orientations of theorists and practitioners, and the constraints under which they act, differ.
Abstract: Much has been written about theory and practice in the law, and the tension between practitioners and theorists. Judges do not cite theoretical articles often; they rarely "apply" theories to particular cases. These arguments are not revisited. Instead the Essay explores the working and interaction of theory and practice, practitioners and theorists. The Essay starts with a story about solving a legal issue using our intellectual tools - theory, practice, and their progenies: experience and "gut." Next the Essay elaborates on the nature of theory, practice, experience and "gut." The third part of the Essay discusses theories that are helpful to practitioners and those that are less helpful. The Essay concludes that practitioners theorize, and theorists practice. They use these intellectual tools differently because the goals and orientations of theorists and practitioners, and the constraints under which they act, differ. Theory, practice, experience and "gut" help us think, remember, decide and create. They complement each other like the two sides of the same coin: distinct but inseparable.

2,077 citations

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TL;DR: The Li-S battery is a complex device and its useful energy density is determined by a number of design parameters, most of which are often ignored, leading to the failure to meet commercial requirements, so how to pave the way for reliableLi-S batteries is discussed.
Abstract: Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted tremendous interest because of their high theoretical energy density and cost effectiveness. The target of Li-S battery research is to produce batteries with a high useful energy density that at least outperforms state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. However, due to an intrinsic gap between fundamental research and practical applications, the outstanding electrochemical results obtained in most Li-S battery studies indeed correspond to low useful energy densities and are not really suitable for practical requirements. The Li-S battery is a complex device and its useful energy density is determined by a number of design parameters, most of which are often ignored, leading to the failure to meet commercial requirements. The purpose of this review is to discuss how to pave the way for reliable Li-S batteries. First, the current research status of Li-S batteries is briefly reviewed based on statistical information obtained from literature. This includes an analysis of how the various parameters influence the useful energy density and a summary of existing problems in the current Li-S battery research. Possible solutions and some concerns regarding the construction of reliable Li-S batteries are comprehensively discussed. Finally, insights are offered on the future directions and prospects in Li-S battery field.

1,269 citations

01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: The electronic transport in mesoscopic systems is universally compatible with any devices to read, and is available in the book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly.
Abstract: Thank you very much for reading electronic transport in mesoscopic systems. Maybe you have knowledge that, people have look numerous times for their favorite readings like this electronic transport in mesoscopic systems, but end up in harmful downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of tea in the afternoon, instead they juggled with some harmful bugs inside their computer. electronic transport in mesoscopic systems is available in our book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly. Our book servers spans in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Merely said, the electronic transport in mesoscopic systems is universally compatible with any devices to read.

1,220 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review describes recent groundbreaking results in Si, Si/SiGe, and dopant-based quantum dots, and highlights the remarkable advances in Sibased quantum physics that have occurred in the past few years.
Abstract: This review describes recent groundbreaking results in Si, Si/SiGe, and dopant-based quantum dots, and it highlights the remarkable advances in Si-based quantum physics that have occurred in the past few years. This progress has been possible thanks to materials development of Si quantum devices, and the physical understanding of quantum effects in silicon. Recent critical steps include the isolation of single electrons, the observation of spin blockade, and single-shot readout of individual electron spins in both dopants and gated quantum dots in Si. Each of these results has come with physics that was not anticipated from previous work in other material systems. These advances underline the significant progress toward the realization of spin quantum bits in a material with a long spin coherence time, crucial for quantum computation and spintronics.

998 citations