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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 134 - 135 (2008)
Published online: 2 March 2008 | doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.40
Subject Categories: Nanomaterials | Photonic structures and devices
Nanocrystals: Shedding new light on silicon
Ulrich Gösele1
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is at the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, D-06120 Halle, Germany.
e-mail: goesele@mpi-halle.eu
Abstract
Experiments in magnetic fields suggest that defects are responsible for light emission from silicon nanocrystals. However, when these defects are passivated with hydrogen, quantum effects become responsible for the emission.
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