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Tight-Binding Calculation of the Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P. E. Lippens  and
M. Lannoo
P. E. Lippens
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Matériaux Solides, CNRS URA407, USTLII, Place Eugène Bataillon, F34095 Montpellier Cedex, France.
M. Lannoo
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique des Surfaces et Interfaces, CNRS URA253, ISEN, Bvd Vauban, F59046 Lille Cedex, France.
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Abstract

We show that an empirical tight-binding approximation can be used for the determination of some electronic properties of semiconductor nanocrystals. Two different calculations based on this approximation are presented. The first calculation concerns the band-gap energy and the second one the density of states. The results are given for different II-VI compounds and compared to available experimental data.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 272: Symposium O – Chemical Processes in Inorganic Materials: Metal and Semiconductor Clusters , 1992 , 217
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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