Strong quantum-confinement effects in the conduction band of germanium nanocrystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4056-4058

  Bostedt, C ^a,b   Van Buuren, T ^a   Willey, T M ^a   Franco, N ^a   Terminello, L J ^a   Heske, C ^c   Moller T ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION THRESHOLD; CONDUCTION BANDS; GAS PHASE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GASIFICATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOEMISSION; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 2942613815     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1751616     Document Type: Article

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