@article {1423,
	title = {Size and orientation dependence in the electronic properties of silicon nanowires},
	journal = {Physical Review B},
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	number = {11},
	year = {2007},
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},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {6},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>By using first-principles pseudopotential methods, we have studied the electronic properties of hydrogen-passivated silicon nanowires along the [100], [110], and [111] directions with diameter up to 3.4 nm. It is found that as the diameter decreases, the energy band gaps are distinctly enlarged due to the confinement effect. The valence-band maximum moves down while the conduction-band minimum moves up compared with the bulk. By using the many-body perturbation theory within the GW approximation, we have also investigated the self-energy correction to the energy band gaps. Our calculational results show that, although the band gap values strongly depend on both the diameter and orientation, the GW corrections are mainly dependent on diameter and less sensitive to the growth orientation. The effective mass as a function of diameter is also discussed.</p>
},
	keywords = {1ST-PRINCIPLES, absorption-spectra, BAND-GAPS, BUILDING-BLOCKS, CONFINEMENT, OPTICAL-PROPERTIES, POROUS SILICON, QUANTUM, QUASI-PARTICLE ENERGIES, SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES, WIRES},
	isbn = {1098-0121},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000249786400073},
	author = {Yan, J. A. and Yang, L. and Chou, M. Y.}
}
