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An Atomistic Semiclassical Interpretation of Effective Charge in Electromigration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2012

Kirk H. Bevan
Kirk H. Bevan*
Affiliation:
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B2, Canada
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*Electranic address: kirk.bevan@mcgill.ca
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Abstract

Electromigration has gained increased prominence in recent years, as semiconductor device scaling has given way to higher current and power densities in computing interconnects and devices. The conventional understanding of electromigration has remained at an uneasy juncture between the mesoscopic semiclassical and atomistic quantum mechanical regimes. Herein, an “atomistic semiclassical” interpretation of electromigration is presented in an attempt to bridge these two perspectives at the nanoscale.

Keywords

electromigrationelectronic materialelectronic structure
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1423: Symposium RR – Dynamics in Confined Systems and Functional Interfaces , 2012 , mrsf11-1423-rr09-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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