Size effects of semiempirical large unit cell method in comparison with nanoclusters properties of diamond-structured covalent semiconductors

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1679-1688

  Abdulsattar, Mudar A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Covalent semiconductors; Nanoclusters properties; Semiempirical large unit cell method

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC NUMBERS; BONDING REGION; BULK STRUCTURE; COHESIVE ENERGIES; COVALENT SEMICONDUCTORS; DENSITY OF STATE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; ENERGY LEVEL; FORM FACTORS; HARTREE-FOCK METHODS; LARGE UNIT CELL; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; ORBITAL WAVES; ORBITALS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMIEMPIRICAL LARGE UNIT CELL METHOD; SIZE EFFECTS; ULTRA-SMALL; VALANCE BANDS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMS; CELL MEMBRANES; DIAMONDS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; LATTICE CONSTANTS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLIDS; TIN; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

NANOCLUSTERS;

EID: 68349125542     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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