UAE University – TechConnect Briefs

Quantum-Confinement Effects on Oscillator Strength in ZnO Quantum Dots

Tit N., UAE University, AE

We present a theoretical investigation of the quantum confinement effects (QC) on the electronic and optical properties of ZnO quantum dots (QDs) embedded in MgO matrix. The latter material acts a huge barrier for both [...]

Green Building visions in historical Arab cities, case study of Al-Jazirah Al-Hamrah-Northern UAE

Al-Farraj A., UAE University, AE

With the oil discovery during 1960s, and the initiation of the UAE in 1972, most of old house and building has been replaced with modern building. Al-Jazirah Al-Hamrah in the Northern UAE, the only historical [...]