Surface and size effects on the charge state of NV center in nanodiamonds

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-53

  Hu, Wei ^a   Li, Zhenyu ^a   Yang, Jinlong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Nanodiamonds; NV centers; Surface and size effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884976664     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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