Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages 2618-2621Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl200523f
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Lattice vibrations; phonons; silicon nanowires; Raman scattering
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering [DEFG02-97ER45632]
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We have performed first-principles calculations to study the lattice vibrational modes and their Raman activities in silicon nanowires (SiNWs). Two types of characteristic vibrational modes are examined: high-frequency optical modes and low-frequency confined modes. Their frequencies have opposite size dependence with a red shift for the optical modes and a blue shift for the confined modes as the diameter of SiNWs decreases. In addition, our calculations show that these vibrational modes can be detected by Raman scattering measurements, providing an efficient way to estimate the size of SiNWs.
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