Ultrafast Photoluminescence in Quantum-Confined Silicon Nanocrystals Arises from an Amorphous Surface Layer

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 960-967

  Hannah, Daniel C ^a   Yang, Jihua ^b   Kramer, Nicolaas J ^b   Schatz, George C ^a   Kortshagen, Uwe R ^b   Schaller, Richard D ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

amorphous silicon; nanocrystal; photoluminescence; quantum dot; silicon; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS COMPONENT; AMORPHOUS PARTICLES; AMORPHOUS SURFACE LAYERS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; EMISSION ENERGIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84925176045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph500145p     Document Type: Article

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