Electron Transport Properties and Device Applications of Nanocrystalline Silicon Quantum Dots
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This paper presents an overview on recent topical studies on electronic properties and device applications of nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) quantum dots. We first discuss the electrostatic and quantum-mechanical coherent interactions observed for strongly-coupled double Si nanodots. Secondly we analyze the phononic states and electron-phonon interactions theoretically for the linear chain of Si nanodots covered with thin oxide layers. Finally we discuss a non-volatile nanoelectromechanical memory device which utilizes the single-electron storage of the Si nanodots and the mechanical bistability of a nanoscale freestanding beam.
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