Boundary and symmetry determined exciton distribution in two dimensional silicon nanosheets

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 20070-20076

  Wu, Qi ^a   Wang, Xiao Hui ^b   Niehaus, T A ^c   Zhang, Rui Qin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOSHEETS; RED SHIFT; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FIRST EXCITED STATE; FRONTIER MOLECULAR ORBITALS; LOCALIZATION PROPERTIES; SELF TRAPPED EXCITONS; SIZE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TIME-DEPENDENT DENSITY;

SILICON;

EID: 84914166430     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501433t     Document Type: Article

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