Optical properties of passivated silicon nanoclusters: The role of synthesis

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 10807-10814

  Draeger, Erik W ^a   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a   Williamson, Andrew J ^a   Galli, Giulia ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTORTION; CORE STRUCTURES; OPTICAL GAPS; PASSIVATED SILICON NANOCLUSTERS;

BANDWIDTH; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 2942642471     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1738633     Document Type: Article

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