Electronic excitations in nanostructures: An empirical pseudopotential based approach

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bester, Gabriel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

AB-INITIO; BULK MATERIALS; CONFIGURATION INTERACTIONS; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; EMPIRICAL PSEUDO POTENTIALS; EPITAXIAL STRUCTURES; EXCITED-STATE PROPERTIES; NANO-SCALE; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL; PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; STATE-OF-THE ARTS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING; THEORY AND MODELING; WAVE-FUNCTION; WAVE-FUNCTIONS; WEAK CONNECTIONS;

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EID: 63649164551     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/2/023202     Document Type: Article

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