Structural, optical, and electrical properties of self-assembled films of PbSe nanocrystals treated with 1,2-ethanedithiol

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-280

  Luther, Joseph M ^a,b   Law, Matt ^a   Song, Qing ^a   Perkins, Craig L ^a   Beard, Matthew C ^a   Nozik, Arthur J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

1,2 ethanedithiol; Field effect transistor; Films; Multiple exciton generation; Nanocrystals; Oxidation; PbSe

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

LAYER-BY-LAYER DIP COATING METHOD; MULTIPLE EXCITON GENERATION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

1,2 ETHANEDITHIOL; 1,2-ETHANEDITHIOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LEAD; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 42549103225     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn7003348     Document Type: Article

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