Direct Bandgap Silicon: Tensile-Strained Silicon Nanocrystals

Stress state of embedded Si nanocrystals

(2013) K. Kleovoulou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Theoretical analysis of electronic band structure of 2- to 3-nm Si nanocrystals

(2013) Prokop Hapala et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Role of strain in interacting silicon nanoclusters

(2013) Roberto Guerra et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Transition from silicon nanowires to isolated quantum dots: Optical and structural evolution

(2013) Benjamin Bruhn et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Surface brightens up Si quantum dots: direct bandgap-like size-tunable emission

(2013) Kateřina Dohnalová et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Luminescence of free-standing versus matrix-embedded oxide-passivated silicon nanocrystals: The role of matrix-induced strain

(2012) Kateřina Kůsová et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Tuning luminescence properties of silicon nanocrystals by lithium doping

(2012) E. Klimešová et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Raman Spectroscopy of Oxide-Embedded and Ligand-Stabilized Silicon Nanocrystals

(2012) Colin M. Hessel et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Genomic Design of Strong Direct-Gap Optical Transition in Si/Ge Core/Multishell Nanowires

(2012) Lijun Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

On the Origin of Photoluminescence in Silicon Nanocrystals: Pressure-Dependent Structural and Optical Studies

(2012) Daniel C. Hannah et al.   NANO LETTERS

Radiative exciton recombination and defect luminescence observed in single silicon nanocrystals

(2012) Torsten Schmidt et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Genetic-Algorithm Discovery of a Direct-Gap and Optically Allowed Superstructure from Indirect-Gap Si and Ge Semiconductors

(2012) Mayeul d’Avezac et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ultrafast stimulated emission due to quasidirect transitions in silicon nanocrystals

(2011) K. Žídek et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Size-dependent visible absorption and fast photoluminescence decay dynamics from freestanding strained silicon nanocrystals

(2011) Soumen Dhara et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Brightly Luminescent Organically Capped Silicon Nanocrystals Fabricated at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure

(2010) Kateřina Kůsová et al.   ACS Nano

Direct bandgap optical transitions in Si nanocrystals

(2010) A. A. Prokofiev et al.   JETP LETTERS

Red spectral shift and enhanced quantum efficiency in phonon-free photoluminescence from silicon nanocrystals

(2010) W. D. A. M. de Boer et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Direct-bandgap luminescence at room-temperature from highly-strained Germanium nanocrystals

(2010) Latha Nataraj et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Ge-on-Si laser operating at room temperature

(2010) Jifeng Liu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Analysis of strain fields in silicon nanocrystals

(2009) Dündar E. Yılmaz et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Reconstruction of Molecular Orbital Densities from Photoemission Data

(2009) P. Puschnig et al.   SCIENCE

Tuning the optical and electronic properties of colloidal nanocrystals by lattice strain

(2008) Andrew M. Smith et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Yellow-emitting colloidal suspensions of silicon nanocrystals: Fabrication technology, luminescence performance and application prospects

(2008) Kateřina Kůsová et al.   PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES