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potential well
(redirected from Quantum confinement effect)

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potential well [pə′ten·chəl ¦wel]
(physics)
For an object in a conservative field of force, a region in which the object has a lower potential energy than in all the surrounding regions.


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Some researchers attribute the glow to quantum confinement effects in microscopic silicon "wires" left behind after etching: Electrons confined by these wires recombine with positive charges to produce light.
 
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