Electrons and lattice vibrations: A strong team in the nano world
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Using a newly developed type of spectroscopy, researchers have shown that electrons in a semiconductor are best described as a cloud with a size of a few nanometer (one nanometer is one billionth of one meter). The cloud size is determined by the interaction of the electron with vibrations in the crystal lattice.