Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) hold great promise for many future technologies. Silicon is
already at the core of photovoltaics and microelectronics, and SiQDs are capable of efficient …

Silicon nanoparticles have attracted great attention in the past decades because of their
intriguing physical properties, active surface state, distinctive photoluminescence and …

We propose a theoretical concept of switching between direct and indirect band gap
character in silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) by the use of surface potential induced by the …

Over the past decade, lead halide perovskites have emerged as one of the leading
photovoltaic materials due to their long carrier lifetimes, high absorption coefficients, high …

Quantum confined silicon nanocrystals (Si-ncs) exhibit intriguing properties due to silicon's
indirect bandgap and their highly reactive surfaces. In particular the interplay of quantum …

Cost-effective, clean and safe solar energy production is envisaged to solve or at least
mitigate climate change problems originated from the current carbon-based power sources …

Silicon nanoparticles exhibit quantum confinement and function as optoelectronic devices
whose optical properties are known to depend strongly on size and surface termination. The …

Herein we have developed and implemented a TD-DFT-based surface-hopping dynamics
simulation method with a recently proposed numerical algorithm capable of efficiently …

Device grade silicon nanocrystals (NCs) are synthesized using an atmospheric-pressure
plasma technique. The Si NCs have a small and well defined size of about 2.3 nm. The …

The structures, stabilities and electronic properties of endohedral and exohedral B38
fullerenes with transition metal atoms (M= Sc, Y, Ti, Nb, Fe, Co, Ni) are studied using all …