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Which outcome results when a silicon semiconductor’s quantum dot size decreases?

A)Coulomb blockade effect becomes significant
B)Electron-phonon coupling becomes dominant
C)Dielectric breakdown field is reduced
D)Minority carrier diffusion length lengthens

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The Coulomb blockade effect dominates at smaller sizes because the charging energy increases as the dot size diminishes. Therefore, electron transport is significantly affected due to increased single-electron charging, rather than phonon interactions or material properties.

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