Tuning the optical and electronic properties of colloidal nanocrystals by lattice strain

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-63

  Smith, Andrew M ^a   Mohs, Aaron M ^a   Nie, Shuming ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITED STATES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; LATTICE MISMATCH; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL LATTICES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC SULFIDE;

COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; NANOCRYSTALLINE CORES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHLORMETHINE; CRYSTALLIN; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALENCENE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE; ZINC SULFIDE; ZINC TELLUNIDE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENERGY CONVERSION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIFESPAN; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM;

EID: 58149247925     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.360     Document Type: Article

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