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

oleh: 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

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01

Deskripsi

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.