Carrier multiplication yields in PbS and PbSe nanocrystals measured by transient photoluminescence

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Nair, Gautham ^a   Geyer, Scott M ^a   Chang, Liang Yi ^a   Bawendi, Moungi G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 54049087746     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.125325     Document Type: Article

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