Mechano-electronic superlattices in silicon nanoribbons

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 721-727

  Huang, Minghuang ^a,b   Ritz, Clark S ^a,b   Novakovic, Bozidar ^a,b   Yu, Decai ^a,b   Zhang, Yu ^a,b   Flack, Frank ^a,b   Savage, Donald E ^a,b   Evans, Paul G ^a,b   Knezevic, Irena ^a,b   Liu, Feng ^a,b   Lagally, Max G ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ge quantum dots; Minibands; Seebeck coefficient; Silicon nanomembrane; Strain superlattice

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC SUPERLATTICES; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; GE QUANTUM DOTS; HIGHLY STRAINS; MINIBANDS; NANOMEMBRANES; NANOMETER DIMENSIONS; NANORIBBONS; PERIODIC BAND GAPS; POTENTIAL WELLS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SI(0 0 1); SINGLE-CRYSTAL SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE INFLUENCES;

ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; STRAIN; SUPERLATTICES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 65249184968     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8008883     Document Type: Article

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