Stabilizing excited-state silicon nanoparticle by surface oxidation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Li, Q S ^a   Zhang, R Q ^a   Lee, S T ^a   Niehaus, T A ^b,c   Frauenheim, Th ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; EXCITED STATES; HYDROGENATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOEXCITATION; SILICON;

DOUBLE-BONDED OXYGEN (SIO); STABILIZATION EFFECT; TIGHT-BINDING METHOD;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34547484442     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2762296     Document Type: Article

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