Quantum size effect of valence band plasmon energies in Si and SnO x nanoparticles

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1156-1161

  Nienhaus, H ^a   Kravets, V ^a   Koutouzov, S ^a   Meier, C ^a   Lorke, A ^a   Wiggers, H ^a   Kennedy, M K ^a   Kruis, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MIXED CONVECTION; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECT; VALENCE BAND;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33744790305     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.2190658     Document Type: Article

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