Nanocrystal-induced line narrowing of surface acoustic phonons in the Raman spectra of embedded GexSi1-x alloy nanocrystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Wu, X L ^a   Xiong, S J ^a   Yang, Y M ^a,b   Gong, J F ^a   Chen, H T ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Shen, J C ^a   Chu, Paul K ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 55449092641     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.165319     Document Type: Article

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