Nonradiative recombination in strongly interacting silicon nanocrystals embedded in amorphous silicon-oxide films
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Jeremy A. Rowlette,1,2,* Rohan D. Kekatpure,1,3 Matt A. Panzer,2 Mark L. Brongersma,3 and Kenneth E. Goodson2 1Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA Received 27 May 2009; published 16 July 2009
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