Doping semiconductor nanocrystals

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7047, 2005, Pages 91-94

  Erwin, Steven C ^a   Zu, Lijun ^b   Haftel, Michael I ^a   Efros, Alexander L ^a   Kennedy, Thomas A ^a   Norris, David J ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM SULFIDE; IMPURITIES; MANGANESE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; DOPING EFFICIENCY; NANOCRYSTALS; SPINTRONICS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CADMIUM; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM; SURFACTANT; ZINC;

BIOLOGY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 22044453839     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03832     Document Type: Article

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