Band gaps of doped and undoped films of molecular icosahedra

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 1996, Pages 64-68

  McIlroy, D N ^a,c   Zhang, Jiandi ^a   Dowben, P A ^a   Heskett, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gaps; Molecular icosahedra; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SODIUM; THIN FILMS;

BAND GAPS; DICARBADODECARBORANE; HUBBARD LIKE BANDS; MOLECULAR ICOSAHEDRA;

BAND STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030259427     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5093(96)10302-6     Document Type: Article

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