Experimental evidence for the quantum confinement effect in 3C-SiC nanocrystallites

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Wu, X L ^a   Fan, J Y ^a   Qiu, T ^a   Yang, X ^a   Siu, G G ^b   Chu, Paul K ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ETCHING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON CARBIDE; TOLUENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING; FABRICATED SUSPENSIONS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SURFACE CHEMICAL DISORDERS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 18144430670     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.026102     Document Type: Article

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