Semiconductor nanomembranes: A platform for new properties via strain engineering

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Cavallo, Francesca ^a   Lagally, Max G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic properties; Nanomembranes; Semiconductor; Strain

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT SOURCES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN;

CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS; DIRECT BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC SUPERLATTICES; NANOMEMBRANES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMEMBRANES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL SEMICONDUCTORS;

SI-GE ALLOYS;

EID: 84871234808     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-628     Document Type: Review

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