The cover image is based on the Research Article A novel coupled thermo-mechanical solution for layered isotropic media under various time-dependent loadings by Yong Zhi Zhao and Ai https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3494.

0026-2714/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2012.06.025 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +41 567 1525; fax: +4 E-mail address: [email protected] (P. Pfäffli). Using TCAD tools, many reliability issues can be studied quantitatively. Examples are hot carrier degradation of interfaces, threshold voltage shifts during NBTI stress, radiation effects and so...

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