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Nanocrystals brighten transistors

Nature Materials volume 4, pages 117–119 (2005)Cite this article

Silicon nanocrystals provide efficient means of generating light that is both tunable and compatible with conventional microelectronics. However, progress has been hampered by difficulties in achieving efficient carrier injection. A new approach could provide the solution.

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Figure 1: Enhancing light emission in silicon using nanocrystals.
Figure 2: Comparison of two different approaches to carrier injection in nanocrystal LEDs.

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