Metal-Polymer-Metal System in the High Static Electric Field
M. Radny
Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 36, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland

and A. Karpowicz
Institute of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Wrocław Technical University, pl. Grunwaldzki 13, 50-377 Wrocław, Poland
Received: June 14, 1991; in revised form September 9, 1991
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The negative differential resistance phenomenon evident on current-voltage (I-V) characteristics for Al-plasma-polymerized polystyrene-Al system is described by means of the Schottky-like barrier model constructed directly from the simplified electronic band structure of an insulator.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.81.325
PACS numbers: 73.40.Rw, 73.40.Gk