Optical absorption and emission of α-Sn nanocrystals from first principles

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 40, 2013, Pages

  Küfner, Sebastian ^a   Furthmüller, Jürgen ^a   Matthes, Lars ^a   Bechstedt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD; ABSORPTION AND EMISSIONS; ELECTRON-HOLE INTERACTIONS; EXCITED ELECTRONIC STATE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND EMISSION; SIZE-DEPENDENT STOKES SHIFT; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; TOTAL ENERGY OPTIMIZATION;

NANOCRYSTALS; TIN;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84884270278     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/40/405702     Document Type: Article

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