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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 87, Issue 27, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.276402
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Using state of the art time-dependent density functional theory and multireference second-order perturbation theory, we have accurately calculated (within 0.3 eV) in real space the optical gap of small silicon quantum dots, with diameters up to 25 Angstrom. Our results, which support the quantum confinement hypothesis, are in excellent agreement with recent and earlier experimental,data on oxygen-free samples and the conclusions of Wilcoxon et al. [Phys. Rev. B 60, 2704 (1999)]. We have found that the diameter of the smallest dot, which could emit photoluminescence in the visible region of the spectrum, is around 22 Angstrom. Our work can resolve existing controversies and bridge diverse experimental and theoretical results.
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