Transient photoconductivity in CdSe nanoparticles and nanocrystalline TiO 2 as measured by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5223, Issue , 2003, Pages 64-69

  Schmuttenmaer, Charles A ^a   Turner, Gordon M ^a   Beard, Matthew C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdSe quantum dots; Nanocrystalline TiO 2; Terahertz spectroscopy; Time resolved; Transient photoconductivity

Indexed keywords

CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO2; TETRAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-RESOLVED; TRANSIENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LUMINESCENCE; MELTING; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 1842582718     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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