Nanometer-sized structures, surfaces and sub-surface phenomena have played an
enormous role in science and technological applications and represent a driving-force of …

Phosphorus doping of silicon nanostructures is a non-trivial task due to problems with
confinement, self-purification and statistics of small numbers. Although P-atoms incorporated …

Group-IV nanocrystals have emerged as a promising group of materials that extends the
realm of application of bulk diamond, silicon, germanium and related materials beyond their …

Structural properties of undoped, As-doped, and P-doped silicon nanocrystals (Si-Ncs)
embedded in a SiO2 matrix have been investigated using atom probe tomography. It turns …

Phosphorus-and boron-doped silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) embedded in silicon oxide
matrix can be fabricated by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) …

Isolated intrinsic and phosphorus doped (P-doped) Si-nanocrystals (Si-NCs) on n-and p-Si
substrates are fabricated by excimer laser crystallization techniques. The formation of Si …

SiO x N y is an innovative material that has recently attracted a lot of attention in different and
new applications, ranging from photovoltaics, conductive oxide, carbon capture; …

Silicon nanocrystals (nc-Si) or nanoparticles (np-Si) embedded in a dielectric matrix have
been studied extensively for potential application in Si-based optoelectronic devices or …

Phosphorus (P) is an n-type dopant for conductive silicon nanocrystals (Si-nc's), the
electrical activation of which may be monitored through a non-radiative Auger recombination …

Using the envelope-function approximation the electronic states and the optical gap of
silicon nanocrystals heavily doped with phosphorus have been calculated. Assuming the …