Reactions and luminescence in passivated Si nanocrystallites induced by vacuum ultraviolet and soft-x-ray photons

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Chao, Y ^a   Krishnamurthy, S ^a   Montalti, M ^a   Lie, L H ^a   Houlton, A ^a   Horrocks, B R ^a   Kjeldgaard, L ^b   Dhanak, V R ^c,d   Hunt, M R C ^e   Siller L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EXPOSURE; SILICON NANOCRYSTALLITES; X-RAY PHOTONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAYS;

SILICON;

EID: 25144480353     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2012511     Document Type: Article

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