Spatial versus quantum confinement in porous amorphous silicon nanostructures

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-193

  Wehrspohn, R B ^a,b   Chazalviel, J N ^a   Ozanam, F ^a   Solomon, I ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

78.55.Mb Porous materials; 78.66.Jg Amorphous semiconductors; glasses; nanocrystalline materials; 81.05.Rm Porous materials; granular materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000345445     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050681     Document Type: Article

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