Electronic structure and interfacial properties of Ge nanoclusters embedded in amorphous silica

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 356, Issue 44-49, 2010, Pages 2448-2453

  Du, Jincheng ^a   Kroll, Peter ^b  

^a Center for Advanced Research and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory (DFT); Electronic structure; Germanium nanoparticle; Interface bonding; Silica glass

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; AMORPHOUS SILICA; BAND ENERGY; BAND GAPS; BULK CRYSTALS; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; GERMANIUM CLUSTERS; GERMANIUM NANOCLUSTERS; INTERFACE BONDING; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SILICA GLASS; SILICA GLASS MATRIX; SILICON CLUSTERS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; SWITCHING ALGORITHMS; VALANCE BANDS;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GERMANIUM; GLASS; GLASS BONDING; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TENSILE STRAIN;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 78349311075     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.03.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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