Energy transfer within ultralow density twin InAs quantum dots grown by droplet epitaxy

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2219-2224

  Liang, Bao Lai ^a   Wang, Zhi Ming ^a   Wang, Xiao Yong ^b   Lee, Ji Hoon ^a   Mazur, Yuriy I ^a   Shih, Chih Kang ^b   Salamo, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Energy transfer; Photoluminescence; Quantum dot molecule; Twin InAs quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ENERGY TRANSFER; INDIUM ARSENIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM;

BIMODAL BEHAVIORS; DROPLET EPITAXIES; EXCITON TRANSFERS; HYBRID STRUCTURES; QUANTUM DOT MOLECULE; TWIN INAS QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRALOW DENSITIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

INDIUM; INDIUM ARSENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; WETTABILITY;

ARSENICALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INDIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; TEMPERATURE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 58049202384     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800224p     Document Type: Article

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