SiGe nanocrystals core and surface electronic structure from ab initio large unit cell calculations

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 386-389

  Abduljalil, H M ^a   Abdulsattar, M A ^b   Al Mansoury, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON   (Iraq)

^b MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; BI-LAYER; CORE ENERGY; CORE PART; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HARTREE-FOCK METHODS; IONICITIES; LARGE UNIT CELL; POSITIVELY CHARGED; SI ATOMS; SIGE NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON SURFACES; SURFACE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; SURFACE OXYGEN;

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GERMANIUM; IONIZATION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CATION; GERMANIUM; NANOCRYSTAL; OXYGEN; SILICON;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 80052862453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2011.0115     Document Type: Article

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