title: Electronic structure and spectroscopy of cadmium telluride quantum wires.
abstract: The size-dependent electronic structure of CdTe quantum wires is determined by density functional theory using the local density approximation with band-corrected pseudopotential method. The results of the calculations are then used to assign the size-dependent absorption spectrum of colloidal CdTe quantum wires synthesized by the solution-liquid-solid mechanism. Quantitative agreement between experiment and theory is achieved. The absorption features comprise transitions involving the highest 25-30 valence-band states and lowest 15 conduction-band states. Individual transitions are not resolved; rather, the absorption features consist of clusters of transitions that are determined by the conduction-band energy-level spacings. The sequence, character, and spacing of the conduction-band states are strikingly consistent with the predictions of the simple effective-mass-approximation, particle-in-a-cylinder model. The model is used to calculate the size dependence of the electron effective mass in CdTe quantum wires.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Innovation, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA.
authors.forename: Jianwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Buhro
authors.forename: Lin-Wang
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrier