Optical characterization of oxide encapsulated silicon nanowires of various morphologies

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4202-4206

  King, Sharon M ^a   Chaure, Shweta ^a,c   Krishnamurthy, Satheesh ^a   Blau, Werner J ^a   Colli, Alan ^b   Ferrari, Andrea C ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Defects; Excitons; Nanostructures; Photoluminescence; Quantum confinement; Si nanowires

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCES; AGEING; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EMITTING SPECIES; MORPHO-LOGIES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; SI NANOWIRES; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON OXIDE NANOWIRES; SILICON OXIDES; VISIBLE SPECTRUMS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC WIRE; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; NONMETALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPHERES;

NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 55849088065     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.AN07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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