Photoluminescent silicon nanocrystals synthesized by reactive laser ablation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Riabinina, Daria ^a   Durand, Christophe ^a   Chaker, Mohamed ^a   Rosei, Federico ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SIGNALS; REACTIVE LASER ABLATION; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

LASER ABLATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SILICON;

EID: 32944482794     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2174096     Document Type: Article

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