Effective mass anomalies in strained Si thin films and crystals

Details Effective mass anomalies in strained Si thin films and crystals Effective mass anomalies in strained Si thin films and crystals

2007-01-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701372v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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Effective mass anomalies due to the geometrical effects are investigated in silicon nanostructures using first-principles calculations for the first time. In \{111\} and \{110\} biaxially strained Si, it is found that longitudinal effective mass is extraordinarily enhanced for both thin films and crystals. This mass enhancement is caused by the change of the band structure with double minima into that with a single minimum due to strain and confinement. At the transition point, it is analytically shown that the effective mass diverges. The dependences of the confinement thickness on the anomalies are qualitatively explained by an extension of the effective mass approximation.

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