Quantitative modeling of the role of surface traps in CdSe/CdS/ZnS nanocrystal photoluminescence decay dynamics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3011-3016

  Jones, Marcus ^a   Lo, Shun S ^a   Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron transfer |; Fluorescence intermittency; Quantum dot; States; Time correlated single photon counting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 62549154836     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809316106     Document Type: Article

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