Electroluminescence from nanocrystals in an electromigrated gap composed of two different metals

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1347-1351

  Dorn, August ^a   Huang, Hao ^a   Bawendi, Moungi G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE/ZNS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; CORE/SHELL; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; FABRICATION PROCESS; METALLIC CLUSTERS; NANOSCALE GAPS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLATINUM; WORK FUNCTION;

METALS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 46749136094     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl080018o     Document Type: Article

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