Device Applications of Silicon Nanocrystals and Nanostructures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Koshida, Nobuyoshi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

Recent developments in the technology of silicon nanocrystals and silicon nanostructures, where quantum-size effects are important, are systematically described including examples of device applications. Due to the strong quantum confinement effect, the material properties are freed from the usual i...