Determination of the exciton binding energy in CdSe quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Meulenberg, Robert W ^a,c   Lee, Jonathan R I ^a   Wolcott, Abraham ^b   Zhang, Jin Z ^b   Terminello, Louis J ^a   Van Buuren, Tony ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Maine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Binding energy; CdSe; Exciton; Photoemission; Quantum dot; Surface termination

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CDSE; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; EDGE SHIFTS; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGIES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES; PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPIES; QUANTUM DOT; SURFACE TERMINATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; X-RAY ABSORPTIONS; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; BINDING SITES; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOEMISSION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 65249121316     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8006916     Document Type: Article

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