TITLE

# On the validity and range of applicability of the particle in a box model

AUTHOR(S)
Burt, M.G.
PUB. DATE
August 1994
SOURCE
Applied Physics Letters;8/8/1994, Vol. 65 Issue 6, p717
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Examines the validity and applicability of the particle in a box model. Use of numerical results for a one-dimensional nanostructure with atomically abrupt boundaries; Variation in the envelope function; Observation on the effective mass related kink in the envelope function.
ACCESSION #
4221569

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