Luminescence of free-standing versus matrix-embedded oxide-passivated silicon nanocrystals: The role of matrix-induced strain

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Kůsová, Kateřina ^a   Ondič, Lukáš ^a,b,c   Klimešová, Eva ^a   Herynková, Kateřina ^a   Pelant, Ivan ^a   Daniš, Stanislav ^c   Valenta, Jan ^c   Gallart, Mathieu ^b   Ziegler, Marc ^b   Hönerlage, Bernd ^b   Gilliot, Pierre ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE-SHIFTED; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; LOW TEMPERATURES; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

PASSIVATION;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 84867562451     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4756696     Document Type: Article

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