Electronic structure of and quantum size effect in III-V and II-VI semiconducting nanocrystals using a realistic tight binding approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Viswanatha, Ranjani ^a   Sapra, Sameer ^a   Saha Dasgupta, Tanusri ^b   Sarma, D D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 33749233421     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.045333     Document Type: Article

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