Quantum confinement phenomena in nanowire superlattice structures

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 385-397

  Willatzen, M ^a   Melnik, R V N ^a   Galeriu, C ^b   Lew Yan Voon, L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier layers; Nanotechnology; Nanowire superlattices

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GROUND STATE; HAMILTONIANS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

BARRIER LAYERS; NANOWIRE SUPERLATTICES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 2342461059     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2004.01.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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