Electronic localization and optical absorption in embedded silicon nanograins

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Bagolini, Luigi ^a   Mattoni, Alessandro ^a   Colombo, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; SILICON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; ANGULAR DISTORTIONS; ELECTRON STATE; ELECTRONIC LOCALIZATIONS; LOCALIZED ELECTRONS; NANO-GRAINS; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; SI-SI BONDS; SILICON NANOGRAINS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 59849092595     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3078281     Document Type: Article

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