A review of recent applications of Raman spectroscopy as a fast, sensitive, and non-
destructive technique for exploring II–VI semiconductor nanocrystals fabricated by various …

A comprehensive investigation of quantum confinement in nanowires has been carried out.
Though applied to silicon nanowires (SiNWs), it is general and applicable to all nanowires …

By combining experimental techniques with ab initio density functional theory calculations,
we describe the Si/Ag (111) 2D systems in terms of a sp2–sp3 form of silicon characterized …

Surface energy is a fundamental property of metallic nanoparticles (MeNPs), which plays a
crucial role in nucleation and growth and has strong implications for the application and …

A two-step metal assisted chemical etching technique is used to systematically vary the
sidewall roughness of Si nanowires in vertically aligned arrays. The thermal conductivities of …

Oxide-embedded and oxide-free alkyl-terminated silicon (Si) nanocrystals with diameters
ranging from 3 nm to greater than 10 nm were studied by Raman spectroscopy. For ligand …

The improved phonon confinement model developed previously [11] is applied for definition
of germanium nanocrystal sizes from the analysis of its Raman scattering spectra. The …

Electrically biasing thin films of amorphous, substoichiometric silicon oxide drives
surprisingly large structural changes, apparent as density variations, oxygen movement, and …

Carbon nanotubes and graphene have been the subject of intense scientific research since
their relatively recent discoveries. This book introduces the reader to the science behind …

We develop a model for calculating the Raman scattering spectra from phonons confined in
for silicon nanocrystals, which is based on the familiar approach taking into account the …