Size dependence of the optical properties of silicon clusters

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-410

  Noguez, Cecilia ^a,c   Song, Jakyoung ^a   Ulloa, Sergio E ^a   Drabold, David A ^a   Yang, Sang H ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CLUSTERS; EQUILIBRIUM ATOMIC CONFIGURATION; PLANE WAVE BASIC SETS; SIZE DEPENDENCE; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0029765299     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1996.0096     Document Type: Article

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