Photoluminescence of colloidal CdSe/ZnS quantum dots under oxygen atmosphere

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 632-635

  Shu, Gia Wei ^a   Lee, Wan Zhen ^a   Shu, I Jen ^a   Shen, Ji Lin ^a   Lin, James Cheng An ^a   Chang, Walter H ^a,d,e,f,g,h   Ruaan, Ruoh Chyu ^b   Chou, Wu Ching ^c  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d AAAS   (United States)

^e American Association for the Advancement of Science ^*

^f IEEE

^g World Academe of Biomedical Technology

^h Biomelectromagnetics Society

Author keywords

Optical properties; Quantum dots (QDs)

Indexed keywords

BIEXPONENTIAL FUNCTION; EMISSION-ENERGY DEPENDENCE; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; VACUUM AMBIENTS;

ABSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZINC SULFIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 26644433901     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2005.851445     Document Type: Article

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