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In Situ Studies of the Vibrational and Electronic Properties of Si Nanoparticles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2011

J. R. Fox ,
I. A. Akimov ,
X. X. Xi  and
A. A. Sirenko
J. R. Fox
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
I. A. Akimov
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
X. X. Xi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
A. A. Sirenko
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Abstract

We report on in situ studies of the vibrational properties of ultra-thin Si layers grown by dc magnetron sputtering in ultrahigh vacuum on amorphous MgO and Ag buffer layers. The average thickness of the Si layers ranged from monolayer coverage up to 200 Å. The interference enhanced Raman scattering technique has been used to study changes in the phonon spectra of Si nanoparticles during the crystallization process. Marked size-dependencies in the phonon density of states of the Si quantum dots and the relaxation of the k-vector conservation condition with decrease in size of the Si nanoparticles have been detected. Electron energy loss spectra have been collected for amorphous and crystallized Si nanoparticles on SiO2 buffer layers and the difference in the onset of the electronic transitions have been found.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 536: Symposium F – Microcrystalline & Nanocrystalline Semiconductors - 1998 , 1998 , 287
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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