Atomic and electronic structure at Au/CdSe interfaces

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2225-2236

  de Paiva, R ^a   Di Felice, Rosa ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Au CdSe hybrid interfaces; Density functional theory; Electronic structure; Interface electronic mixing; Stability

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONS; GOLD; MODEL STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

AU LAYERS; AU/CDSE HYBRID INTERFACES; CORRELATION FUNCTIONAL; DENSITIES OF STATES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DEPOSITION STAGES; ELECTRON STATES; ENERGY INTERFACES; FORMATION ENERGIES; INTERFACE ELECTRONIC MIXING; INTERFACE LAYERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS; NONSTOICHIOMETRIC; OVERLAYERS; RICH CONDITIONS; SEMI-CONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANO PARTICLES; SUPER CELLS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; GOLD; METAL; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; GOLD; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 58049214026     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8004608     Document Type: Article

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