Silicon nanocrystal field-effect light-emitting devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1647-1655

  Walters, Robert J ^a   Carreras, Josep ^b,c   Feng, Tao ^b,d   Bell, L Douglas ^e   Atwater, Harry A ^a,b,f  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Alpha and Omega Semiconductor   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Aonex Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; Light emitting device; Silicon nanocrystals; Silicon quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRON TUNNELING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845667285     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.885387     Document Type: Article

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