Quantum confinement effect on the vacancy-induced spin polarization in carbon, silicon, and germanium nanoparticles: Density functional analysis

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Zhenkui ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Huang, Baibiao ^a   Whangbo, Myung Hwan ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DIAMOND NANOPARTICLES; GE NANOPARTICLES; INDUCED DEFECTS; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SPIN-POLARIZED;

DEFECT DENSITY; DEFECTS; GERMANIUM; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; VACANCIES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 76749139137     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3302463     Document Type: Article

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