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Once the imaginary part of the dielectric function is known, the real part can be obtained from the Kramers-Kronig relation ... 

Figure Al.3.20. Real part of the dielectric function for silicon. The experimental work is from [31]. The theoretical work is from an empirical pseudopotential calculation [25].

Leventl-Peetz A, Krasovskll E E and Schattke W 1995 Dielectric function and local field effects of TISe2 Phys. Rev. B 51 17 965... 

The simplest example is that of tire shallow P donor in Si. Four of its five valence electrons participate in tire covalent bonding to its four Si nearest neighbours at tire substitutional site. The energy of tire fiftli electron which, at 0 K, is in an energy level just below tire minimum of tire CB, is approximated by rrt /2wCplus tire screened Coulomb attraction to tire ion, e /sr, where is tire dielectric constant or the frequency-dependent dielectric function. The Sclirodinger equation for tliis electron reduces to tliat of tlie hydrogen atom, but m replaces tlie electronic mass and screens the Coulomb attraction. 

The optical properties of metal nanoparticles have traditionally relied on Mie tlieory, a purely classical electromagnetic scattering tlieory for particles witli known dielectrics [172]. For particles whose size is comparable to or larger tlian tire wavelengtli of the incident radiation, tliis calculation is ratlier cumbersome. However, if tire scatterers are smaller tlian -10% of tire wavelengtli, as in nearly all nanocrystals, tire lowest-order tenn of Mie tlieory is sufficient to describe tire absorjDtion and scattering of radiation. In tliis limit, tire absorjDtion is detennined solely by tire frequency-dependent dielectric function of tire metal particles and the dielectric of tire background matrix in which tliey are... 

Example For two atoms having point charges of 0.616 and -0.504 e and a constant dielectric function, the energy curve shows a switching function turned on (Ron) at a nonbonded distance of 10. A and off (R(,rr) al a distance of 14 A. Compare the switched poieniial with the abruptly inincaied poteiiiial. 

Caution C omparing the shifted constant dielectric to a constant dielectric function without a cutoff shows that the sh ifted dielectric, iin like a switch in g fun ction, perturbs the en tire electrostatic energy curve, not only the region near the cnioff. 

You can use two types of dielectric functions a constant and a distance-dependent dielectric. Use constant dielectric for in vacuo systems and for molecular systems with explicit solvent molecules. 

Polymer thick films also perform conductor, resistor, and dielectric functions, but here the polymeric resias remain an iategral part after cuting. Owiag to the relatively low (120—165°C) processiag temperatures, both plastic and ceramic substrates can be used, lea ding to overall low costs ia materials and fabrication. A common conductive composition for flexible membrane switches ia touch keyboards uses fine silver particles ia a thermoplastic or thermoset polymeric biader. 

It should be noted that low-loss spectra are basically connected to optical properties of materials. This is because for small scattering angles the energy-differential cross-section dfj/dF, in other words the intensity of the EEL spectrum measured, is directly proportional to Im -l/ (E,q) [2.171]. Here e = ei + iez is the complex dielectric function, E the energy loss, and q the momentum vector. Owing to the comparison to optics (jqj = 0) the above quoted proportionality is fulfilled if the spectrum has been recorded with a reasonably small collection aperture. When Im -l/ is gathered its real part can be determined, by the Kramers-Kronig transformation, and subsequently such optical quantities as refraction index, absorption coefficient, and reflectivity. 

The number of measurable layers of a stack is limited only by the optical contrast between the different layers. In practice stacks of ten layers and more can be analyzed by ellipsometry. Further advantages of ellipsometry compared with other metrological methods are the non-invasive and non-destructive character of the optical method, the low energy entry into the sample, the direct measurement of the dielectric function of materials, and the possibility of making the measurement in any kind of optical transparent environment. 

Spectroscopic dlipsometry is sensitive to the dielectric functions of the different materials used in a layer stack. But it is not a compositional analytical technique. Combination with one of the compositional techniques, e. g. AES or XPS and with XTEM, to furnish information about the vertical structure, can provide valuable additional information enabling creation of a suitable optical model for an unknown complex sample structure. 

As shown in Fig. 7, a large increase in optical absorption occurs at higher photon energies above the HOMO-LUMO gap where electric dipole transitions become allowed. Transmission spectra taken in this range (see Fig. 7) confirm the similarity of the optical spectra for solid Ceo and Ceo in solution (decalin) [78], as well as a similarity to electron energy loss spectra shown as the inset to this figure. The optical properties of solid Ceo and C70 have been studied over a wide frequency range [78, 79, 80] and yield the complex refractive index n(cj) = n(cj) + and the optical dielectric function... 

Fig. 8. Summary of real and imaginary e2(tu) parts of the dielectric function for Cgo vacuum-sublimed solid films at room temperature over a wide frequency range, using a variety of experimental techniques. The arrow at the left axis points to i = 4.4, the observed low frequency value of ei obtained from optical data [81].

Fig. 6. MG model the metal with dielectric function (e ,((0)) particles are surrounded by an insulator ( ((0)) (left). The jnixture results in an effective medium e,.jy(right).

Let us consider small metallic particles with complex dielectric function e /jfco) embedded in an insulating host with complex dielectric function e/fco) as shown in Fig. 6. The ensemble, particles and host, have an effective dielectric function = e j i(co) -I- We can express the electric field E at any point... 

Fig. 10. In the first step few small metallic particles are dispersed in an insulating host. This modifies the medium which now has a dielectric function e,jy(0)) instead of e,(M). We repeat iteratively this process (in n consecutive steps) of adding metallic particles until we reach a filling/.

The first act consists of removing a small part of the insulator (e,) and replacing it by a small amount df of metal (E,n)- Thereafter with Eq.(6), we calculate Ef,fj( ). For the first step, there is no difference with MG. If we now add another amount df2 of metallic particles (e, ) in the brand new system (e l)), we can again calculate the new effective dielectric function with Eq.(6). Instead of using / for the dielectric function of the host, we now use ej (l) obtained by the previous step. Since we removed some insulating material and replaced it with metal, we have to replace the filling factor/by dfil -//-]).//-i is the amount of metal already in the material and /// the metal we add at step i. The... 

At microwave frequencies (a>), electric transport in materials (including interfaces) is determined by the dielectric function... 

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