Systematic Control of Monoclinic CdWO4 Nanophase for Optimum Photocatalytic Activity

W Tong, L Li, W Hu, T Yan, G Li - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
CdWO4 nanocrystals with controlled particle size and crystallinity were successfully
synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method using citric acid as the cap** agent. By …

Modeling Excited States in TiO2 Nanoparticles: On the Accuracy of a TD-DFT Based Description

E Berardo, HS Hu, SA Shevlin… - Journal of Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We have investigated the suitability of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT)
to describe vertical low-energy excitations in naked and hydrated titanium dioxide …

TD-DFT and TD-DFTB investigation of the optical properties and electronic structure of silver nanorods and nanorod dimers

F Alkan, CM Aikens - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018 - ACS Publications
Here, we perform theoretical investigation using time-dependent density functional theory
(TD-DFT) and time-dependent density functional tight binding (TD-DFTB) for the electronic …

Probing phonons in nonpolar semiconducting nanowires with Raman spectroscopy

KW Adu, MD Williams, M Reber… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present recent developments in Raman probe of confined optical and acoustic phonons
in nonpolar semiconducting nanowires, with emphasis on Si and Ge. First, a review of the …

Optical excitation of MgO nanoparticles; a computational perspective

MCC Wobbe, A Kerridge… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The optical absorption spectra of magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles, along with the
atomic centres responsible, are studied using a combination of time-dependent density …

Describing Excited State Relaxation and Localization in TiO2 Nanoparticles Using TD-DFT

E Berardo, HS Hu, HJJ Van Dam… - Journal of Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We have investigated the description of excited state relaxation in naked and hydrated TiO2
nanoparticles using Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) with three …

Photoinduced relaxation dynamics of nitrogen-capped silicon nanoclusters: a TD-DFT study

XY Liu, XY ** dynamics
simulation method with a recently proposed numerical algorithm capable of efficiently …

Metastable monoclinic ZnMoO4: hydrothermal synthesis, optical properties and photocatalytic performance

L Lv, W Tong, Y Zhang, Y Su… - Journal of Nanoscience …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Metastable monoclinic ZnMoO4 was successfully synthesized via a hydrothermal route with
variation of reaction temperatures and time at pH value of 5.7. Systematic sample …

Excited state properties of Si quantum dots

RQ Zhang, A De Sarkar, TA Niehaus… - … status solidi (b), 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon is the cornerstone of the semiconductor industry. In the nanoscale, the surface gains
considerable significance due to the large surface to volume ratio. Recent theoretical …

Photoluminescence in semiconductor nanoparticles: an atomistic view of excited state relaxation in nanosized ZnS

MA Zwijnenburg - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We discuss how an approach that combines global optimisation and time-dependent density
functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations allows one to predict the photoluminescence (PL) …