The mechanisms of recombination of photo-generated charge carriers and the origin of luminescence in silicon nanocrystals, quantum dots or nanoparticles (Si-NPs) are essential …
Recent studies have shown the presence of an amorphous surface layer in nominally crystalline silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) produced by some of the most common synthetic …
In our information technology-based world semiconductors are essential to our modern way of life, they are the basis upon which the vast majority of our modern optoelectronic and …
With semiconductor device dimensions shrinking to smaller and smaller sizes the individual components become more susceptible to surface or interface atomic defects, as the surface …