Investigation of Defects in Bulk and Nanocrystalline Silicon

Thesis

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Titlepage

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Band structure perturbation in silicon nanocrystals: optical investigations

Chapter 3 Band structure perturbation in silicon nanocrystals: electron paramagnetic resonance investigations

Chapter 4 White-light emission from silicon nanograins

Chapter 5 Influence of p-n junction formation at a Si/Si:Er interface on low-temperature excitation of Er³⁺ ions in crystalline silicon

Chapter 6 Nuclear conversion of ¹⁹⁵AuFe into ¹⁹⁵PtFe centers in silicon: observations by magnetic resonance

Chapter 7 Spin Hamiltonian for the substitutional negative platinum ion in silicon

Summary

Samenvatting

Acknowledgements

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