Optical luminescence from alkyl-passivated Si nanocrystals under vacuum ultraviolet excitation: Origin and temperature dependence of the blue and orange emissions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Chao, Y ^a   Houlton, A ^a   Horrocks, B R ^a   Hunt, M R C ^b   Poolton, N R J ^c   Yang, J ^a   Siller L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SILICON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EXCITATION ENERGIES; ORANGE EMISSION BANDS; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET PHOTONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33745611585     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2216911     Document Type: Article

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