Photoluminescence from single semiconductor nanostructures

Advanced Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1243-1256

  Empedocles, Stephen A ^a   Neuhauser, Robert ^a   Shimizu, Kentaro ^a   Bawendi, Moungi G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; POLARIZATION SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0033362658     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199910)11:15<1243::AID-ADMA1243>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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