Electronic transport in films of colloidal CdSe nanocrystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 753391-753399

  Morgan, Nicole Y ^a   Leatherdale, C A ^a   Drndic M ^a   Jarosz, Mirna V ^a   Kastner, Marc A ^a   Bawendi, Moungi ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; FILM; MEASUREMENT; NANOPARTICLE; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037104379     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.075339     Document Type: Article

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