Optical extinction spectra of silicon nanocrystals: Size dependence upon the lowest direct transition

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1802-1807

  Gresback, Ryan ^a   Murakami, Yoichi ^a   Ding, Yi ^a   Yamada, Riku ^a   Okazaki, Ken ^a   Nozaki, Tomohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUESHIFTS; BULK PROPERTIES; BULK-LIKE; DIRECT TRANSITION; EXTINCTION CROSS SECTION; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MIE SOLUTIONS; NEAR INFRA RED; OPTICAL EXTINCTION; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SIZE DEPENDENCE; SIZE DEPENDENT; ULTRA-VIOLET;

INFRARED DEVICES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON;

LIGHT EXTINCTION;

CHLORINE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CHLORINE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84873690418     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3042082     Document Type: Article

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