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The electrons in a 3D bulk crystal can be described by Bloch waves, which can propagate throughout the lattice in an unrestricted way. If this freedom is limited in one direction by introducing potential barriers, a two-dimensional nanostructure, a quantum well, is formed. In this way, the properties of electronic particles in the quantum well will be modified [1–3].
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Holtz, P.O., Zhao, Q.X. (2004). Quantum Wells. In: Impurities Confined in Quantum Structures. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18657-8_2
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