Which outcome reliably occurs because of quantum confinement?

💡 Explanation

Quantum confinement increases momentum uncertainty, raising kinetic energy because momentum is inversely proportional to box size via the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle; therefore a band gap increases rather than mobility decreasing or superconductivity changing because they rely on other effects.

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