Meyer-Neldel-like manifestation of the quantum confinement effect in solid ensembles of semiconductor quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Balberg, I ^a   Savir, E ^a   Dover, Y ^a   Moreno, O Portillo ^b   Lozada Morales, R ^b   Zelaya Angel, O ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

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EID: 34047245645     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.153301     Document Type: Article

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