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Electronic structure of silicon dioxide (a review)

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Silicon dioxide amorphous films are the key insulators in silicon integrated circuits. The physical properties of silicon dioxide are determined by the electronic structure of this material. The currently available information on the electronic structure of silicon dioxide has been systematized.

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Original Russian Text © S.S. Nekrashevich, V.A. Gritsenko, 2014, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2014, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 209–223.

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Nekrashevich, S.S., Gritsenko, V.A. Electronic structure of silicon dioxide (a review). Phys. Solid State 56, 207–222 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378341402022X

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