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Chemistry
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Rui-Qin Zhang
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Growth Mechanism of Silicon Nanowires
Among the variety of nanostructural synthesis methods, oxide-assisted growth is unique in terms of not only the quality and quantity of nanostructures synthesized but also its interesting and novel mechanism. ...
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Introduction
It was the quantum confinement effect and photoluminescence that inspired the intensive researches in the research field of growth and properties of silicon nanostructures. A large volume of researches have be...
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Summary and Remarks
To promote silicon-based nanoscience and nanotechnology, we have performed systematic computational studies on various possible silicon nanostructures, including 0D silicon quantum dots, 1D silicon nanowires, ...
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Novel Electronic Properties of Silicon Nanostructures
Due to their finite size and the significant localization of their electrons upon excitation, silicon nanostructures in excited states undergo severe relaxation and thus show significant Stokes shift at a diam...
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Stability of Silicon Nanostructures
Unsaturated silicon nanostructures are naturally unstable and can easily develop into structures of a variety of possible morphologies with coordination largely deviated from four of bulk materials. As such, n...
