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Shrinking the size of semiconductor crystals such as Silicon or Germanium alters their material properties. Reaching the range of nanocrystals, i.e. crystals just a few nanometers small, opens unprecedented possibilities for electronic and optoelectronic devices, particularly when it is possible to prepare nanocrystals with a well-defined size. We summarize our recent work on the size-controlled preparation of such nanocrystals by the sputtering technique and show experimental results encouraging their use in more resistant non-volatile memory devices and for more efficient optical data transmission.
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This page is a summary of: Size and Shape Controlled Semiconductor Nanocrystals Synthesized by RF-Sputtering Techniques for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications, Contributions to Plasma Physics, December 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.201510017.
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