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2.2 Silicon

To calculate the electronic and phononic structures of silicon-based nanostructures, one can employ the atomistic $ sp^3d^5s^*$ tight-binding method [44] and the modified valence force field method [45], respectively.



Subsections

H. Karamitaheri: Thermal and Thermoelectric Properties of Nanostructures