Anomalous size dependence of the luminescence in reconstructed silicon nanoparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; OLIGOMERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STABILITY;

BULK LIKES; COVERAGE RATIOS; EXCITED STATE RELAXATIONS; FUNCTIONAL METHODS; LUMINESCENCE ENERGIES; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; QUANTUM DOTS; SI DIMERS; SILICON NANO PARTICLES; SIZE DEPENDENCES; STOKES SHIFTS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SYSTEM SIZES;

SILICON;

EID: 57849115784     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3049134     Document Type: Article

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