Nanowire

Nanowire (NW) band structure

Si (100)/[110] circular NW diameter=1.05nm

conduction band

valence band

Si (100)/[110] circular NW diameter=2nm

conduction band

valence band

Si (100)/[110] square NW 2x2nm

conduction band

valence band

Ge (100)/[110] square NW 2x2nm

conduction band

valence band

Si (100)/[100] square NW 1.36×1.36nm

conduction band

valence band