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Nanometer-size atomic clusters in semiconductors—a new approach to tailoring material properties

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In this paper the physical mechanisms and fundamental methods of obtaining nanometer-size atomic clusters in semiconductors are discussed, along with the possibility of controlling the properties of these clusters and those of the resulting cluster-containing materials. A number of electronic properties of semiconductors containing nanometer-sized clusters are considered, along with potential uses of these materials in electronics.

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Fiz. Tekh. Poluprovodn. 32, 513–522 (May 1998)

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Mil’vidskii, M.G., Chaldyshev, V.V. Nanometer-size atomic clusters in semiconductors—a new approach to tailoring material properties. Semiconductors 32, 457–465 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1187418

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