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Designing Nanocrystal Nanosystems: Quantum-Dot Quantum-Wells to Quantum-Dot Solids

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Author(s)

Garnett W. Bryant, W Jaskolski

Abstract

To design nanocrystal nanosystems, a theory for nanocrystals is needed which can be applied to nanocrystals with atomic-scale variations in composition, structure and shape. We present an empirical tight-binding theory for nanocrystal heteronanostructures. Electronic structure and optical absorption spectra are obtained for dS/HgS/CdS and ZnS/CdS/ZnS quantum-dot quantum-well nanocrystals. Comparison with experiment shows that tight-binding theory provides a good description of nanosystems with monolayer variations in composition. Issues for designing nanocrystal heteronanostructures are discussed.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings from the International Conference on Semiconductor Quantum Dots | |
Volume
224
Issue
No. 3
Conference Dates
July 31-August 3, 2000
Conference Location
Munich, GE
Conference Title
Physica Status Solidi B

Keywords

electronic structure, nanocrystal, optical absorption, quantum dot, semiconductor

Citation

Bryant, G. and Jaskolski, W. (2001), Designing Nanocrystal Nanosystems: Quantum-Dot Quantum-Wells to Quantum-Dot Solids, Proceedings from the International Conference on Semiconductor Quantum Dots | |, Munich, GE (Accessed May 18, 2024)

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Created April 1, 2001, Updated February 17, 2017