Related papers: Phosphorus donors in highly strained silicon
Phosphorus donor spin coherence in isotopically pure 28 silicon is measured at very low temperatures using pulsed electron spin resonance. The isolated spin T2 varies unexpectedly with phosphorus concentration
The role of interface states and dielectric mismatch is studied in ultrathin P-doped silicon-on-insulator (SOI) films with thickness of the device layer ($H_{SOI}$) varying from 30 to 8 nm and dopant concentration ($n_{D}$) ranging from…
This research is a theoretical study that simulates the volume expansion of a prelithiated silicon nanowire during lithium ion insertion and the application of an electric current. Utilizing density functional theory (DFT) the ground state…
Density functional theory calculations have been carried out to investigate single-layer phosphorene functionalized with two kinds of organic molecules, i.e. an electrophilic molecule tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TCNQ) as electron acceptor…
Recently, superconductivity was discovered at very low densities in slightly misaligned graphene multilayers. Surprisingly, despite extremely low electronic density (about $10^{-4}$ electrons per unit cell), these systems realize…
We present an all-electron calculation of the hyperfine parameters for conduction electrons in Si, showing that: (i) all parameters scale linearly with the spin density at a $^{29}$Si site; (ii) the isotropic term is over 30 times larger…
X-ray absorption fine-structure (XAFS) measurements supported by {\em ab initio} computations within the density functional theory (DFT) are employed to systematically characterize Fe-doped as well as Fe and Si-co-doped films grown by…
An outstanding challenge of theoretical electronic structure is the description of van der Waals (vdW) interactions in molecules and solids. Renewed interest in resolving this is in part motivated by the technological promise of layered…
Experimental evidence indicating the beneficial impact of a phosphorous diffusion gettering (PDG) in the reduction of trapping centers is shown, as observed by means of inductively coupled photoconductance (PC) decay and lifetime…
Battery electrode surfaces are generally coated with electronically insulating solid films of thickness 1-50 nm. Both electrons and Li+ can move at the electrode-surface film interface in response to the voltage, which adds complexity to…
We use a frequency-dependent electro-optic technique to measure the hole mobility in small molecule organic semiconductors, such as 6,13 bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-pentacene. Measurements are made on semiconductor films in bottom gate,…
We report on electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements of phosphorus donors localized in a 200 square micron area below the inductive wire of a lumped element superconducting resonator. By combining quantum limited parametric amplification…
The engineering of the optical response of materials is a paradigm that demands microscopic-level accuracy and reliable predictive theoretical tools. Here we compare and contrast the dispersive permittivity tensor, using both a low-energy…
Inorganic-organic interfaces are important for enhancing the power conversion efficiency of silicon-based solar cells through singlet exciton fission (SF). We elucidated the structure of the first monolayers of tetracene (Tc), a SF…
The Thomas-Fermi-Dirac (TFD) approximation and an sp3d5s* tight binding method were used to calculate the electronic properties of a delta-doped phosphorus layer in silicon. This self-consistent model improves on the computational…
The strength of light-matter interaction is of central importance in photonics and optoelectronics. For many widely studied two-dimensional semiconductors, such as MoS2, the optical absorption due to exciton resonances increases with…
Fermi-level pinning (FLP) effect was widely observed in thin-film transistors (TFTs) with van der Waals (vdW) layered semiconductors (organic or two-dimensional) when contact electrodes were thermally evaporated1-3. Intensive investigation…
We experimentally demonstrate the inductive readout of optically hyperpolarized phosphorus-31 donor nuclear spins in an isotopically enriched silicon-28 crystal. The concentration of phosphorus donors in the crystal was 1.5 x 10$^{15}$…
We investigate the electronic and optical properties of monolayer and stacking dependent bilayer blue phosphorus in the framework of density functional theory (DFT) and tight-binding approximations. We extract the hopping parameters of TB…
Density functional theory (DFT) is used to rationalize magnetic parameters of hydrated electron trapped in alkaline glasses as observed using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) and Electron Spin Echo Envelope Modulation (ESEEM)…