Linear dipole behavior in single CdSe-oligo(phenylene vinylene) nanostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 453-461

  Early, K T ^a   McCarthy, K D ^a   Odoi, M Y ^a   Sudeep, P K ^a   Emrick, T ^a   Barnes, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

CdSe quantum dots; Defocused imaging; Dipole transitions; Ligand effects; Polarization anisotropy; Surface charges

Indexed keywords

CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; DEFOCUSED IMAGING; DIPOLE TRANSITIONS; LIGAND EFFECTS; POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGED PARTICLES; LIGANDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; SURFACE CHARGE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; OLIGO(P PHENYLENE VINYLENE); OLIGO(P-PHENYLENE VINYLENE); POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYVINYLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 63449116832     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800785s     Document Type: Article

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