Matrix role in Ge nanoclusters embedded in Si 3N 4 or SiO 2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mirabella, S ^a   Cosentino, S ^a   Gentile, A ^a   Nicotra, G ^b   Piluso, N ^b   Mercaldo, L V ^c   Simone, F ^a   Spinella, C ^b   Terrasi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR IMM   (Italy)

^c ENEA CR Portici   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; EFFECTIVE-MASS THEORY; LIGHT-HARVESTING;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; GERMANIUM; ION IMPLANTATION; NANOCLUSTERS; SILICON;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84863671987     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4734395     Document Type: Article

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