The effects of electron and hole injection on the photoluminescence of CdSe/CdS/ZnS nanocrystal monolayers

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 669-676

  Gooding, Ann K ^a   Gómez, Daniel E ^a   Mulvaney, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blinking; Charge injection; Confocal microscopy; Cyclic voltammetry; Monolayers; Photobrightening; Photoluminescence; Semiconductor nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE INJECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GOLD; LIGHT EMISSION; METALLIZING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; SILVER; VOLTAMMETRY; WATER VAPOR;

(4-NITROPHENYL) ACETONITRILE; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); APPLIED (CO); CHARGE CARRIER INJECTION; COUPLED PROCESSES; GOLD SUBSTRATES; HOLE INJECTIONS; INERT ATMOSPHERES; KINETIC MODELLING; NANO CRYSTALS; NC FILMS; NEGATIVE POTENTIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE (PL); PHOTOLUMINESCENCE (PL) INTENSITY; POSITIVE POTENTIALS; REFERENCE ELECTRODE (RE); SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS (SNC);

LUMINESCENCE;

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

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; ILLUMINATION; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 46849105848     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn7003469     Document Type: Article

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