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Electronic Properties and Stability of Artificial In-N Molecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Liudmila A Pozhar  and
William C Mitchel
Liudmila A Pozhar
Affiliation:
lpozhar@yahoo.com, University of Alabama, the Center for Materials for Information Technology, P.O. Box 870209, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0209, United States, (205) 348-0030, (205) 348-2346
William C Mitchel
Affiliation:
lpozhar@yahoo.com, University of Alabama, the Center for Materials for Information Technology, P.O. Box 870209, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0209, United States, (205) 348-0030, (205) 348-2346
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Abstract

In the work reported here the Hartree-Fock (HF), restricted open shell HF (ROHF), and multiconfiguration self-consistent field (CI/CASSCF/MCSCF) methods are used to predict electronic properties of several artificial molecules of InAsN and indium nitride whose structure and composition have been derived from those of the corresponding symmetry elements of the zincblende and wurtzite bulk lattices. Both quantum-confined and “vacuum” clusters (whose geometry has been optimized without any spatial constraints applied to the atomic positions) were studied focusing on the electronic energy level structure, direct optical transition energy (OTE), and charge and spin distributions. The obtained results indicate that inclusion of “impurity” atoms (such as As atoms) may enhance stability of both vacuum and confined pyramidal In-N molecules and provide for manipulations of the OTE in a wide range of its values. The CI/CASSCF/MCSCF OTEs of the studied wurtzite-based clusters may also vary in a wide range, from 1.7440 eV for the smallest pre-designed prismatic molecule In6N6 to 6.9780 eV for its almost perfect prismatic “vacuum” counterpart. These evaluations closely correlate with experimental data available in literature.

Keywords

electronic structurenitridenanostructure
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 955: Symposium I – Advances in III-V Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices , 2006 , 0955-I07-39
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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