%0 Journal Article %T Investigation of electron and hydrogenic-donor states confined in a permeable spherical box using B-splines %A T Nikbakht %J Iranian Journal of Physics Research %D 2012 %I Isfahan University of Technology %X Effects of quantum size and potential shape on the spectra of an electron and a hydrogenic-donor at the center of a permeable spherical cavity have been calculated, using linear variational method. B-splines have been used as basis functions. By extensive convergence tests and comparing with other results given in the literature, the validity and efficiency of the method were confirmed. %K quantum dots %K permeable cavity %K B-spline technique %K potential shape effects %U http://ijpr.iut.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-596&slc_lang=en&sid=1