Modeling dielectric constant of semiconductor nanocrystals

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1004-1008

  Li, M ^a   Li, H ^b  

^a HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alloy; component effect; dielectric constant; semiconductor; size effect

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT EFFECT; MULTIPHASES; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE PHASE; SIZE EFFECTS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; UNIFIED MODEL;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOWIRES; PERMITTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84866086448     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2012.2211382     Document Type: Article

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