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- Title
Optical properties of passivated silicon nanoclusters: the role of synthesis.
- Authors
Draeger, Erik W; Grossman, Jeffrey C; Williamson, Andrew J; Galli, Giulia
- Abstract
The effect of preparation conditions on the structural and optical properties of silicon nanoparticles is investigated. Nanoscale reconstructions, unique to curved nanosurfaces, are presented for silicon nanocrystals and shown to have lower energy and larger optical gaps than bulk-derived structures. We find that high-temperature synthesis processes can produce metastable noncrystalline nanostructures with different core structures than bulk-derived crystalline clusters. The type of core structure that forms from a given synthesis process may depend on the passivation mechanism and time scale. The effect of oxygen on the optical of different types of silicon structures is calculated. In contrast to the behavior of bulklike nanostructures, for noncrystalline and reconstructed crystalline structures surface oxygen atoms do not decrease the gap. In some cases, the presence of oxygen atoms at the nanocluster surface can significantly increase the optical absorption gap, due to decreased angular distortion of the silicon bonds. The relationship between strain and the optical gap in silicon nanoclusters is discussed.
- Publication
The Journal of chemical physics, 2004, Vol 120, Issue 22, p10807
- ISSN
0021-9606
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1063/1.1738633