Optical properties of ultra small Si nanoparticles: Potential role of surface reconstruction and oxygen contamination

Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 952-961

  Garoufalis, C S ^a   Zdetsis, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Optical properties; Oxygen passivation; Silicon nanocrystal; Surface reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349484401     PISSN: 02599791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10910-009-9556-y     Document Type: Article

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