Electron states in semiconductor quantum dots

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 141, Issue 20, 2014, Pages

  Dhayal, Suman S ^a   Ramaniah, Lavanya M ^b   Ruda, Harry E ^c   Nair, Selvakumar V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS;

BOND ORBITAL MODELS; DATA YIELDS; DIRECT BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; EMPIRICAL TIGHT BINDING; OPTICAL RESPONSE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84912077712     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: 10897690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4901923     Document Type: Article

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