Quantum confinement and phase transition in PbS nanowire: A first principles study

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 479, Issue 4-6, 2009, Pages 244-247

  Mandal, Subhasish ^a   Pati, Ranjit ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BANDGAPS; FERMI ENERGY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; METALLIC PHASE; RADIAL STRAINS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 69949094401     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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