Onion-like (CdSe)ZnS/CdSe/ZnS quantum-dot-quantum-well heteronanocrystals for investigation of multi-color emission

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3515-3526

  Nizamoglu, Sedat ^a   Demir, Hilmi Volkan ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PROBABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CARRIER LOCALIZATION; TRANSITION PROBABILITY;

NANOCRYSTALLITES;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLORIMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 41149090892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003515     Document Type: Article

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