Electrons in one dimension

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1914, 2010, Pages 1141-1162

  Berggren, K F ^a   Pepper, M ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lattices; Materials; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPIN DYNAMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONFINEMENT POTENTIAL; CONTROLLABLE SIZE; CURRENT STATUS; ELECTRON CHANNEL; ELECTRON CONFIGURATION; ELECTRON-ELECTRON REPULSION; ELECTRONIC WAVE FUNCTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; EXCHANGE ENERGY; GAAS-ALGAAS; HETEROSTRUCTURES; LATTICES; MANY-BODY EFFECT; ONE DIMENSION; QUANTUM VALUES; SIZE QUANTIZATION; SPIN DEGENERACY; SUB-BANDS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; WIGNER LATTICE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 77449155522     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0226     Document Type: Review

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