Surface states in the photoionization of high-quality cdse core/shell nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1267-1273

  Li, Shu ^a   Steigerwald, Michael L ^a   Brus, Louis E ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Exciton; Hot electron; Ionization; Nanocrystals; Optical properties; Surface state

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED PHOTONS; CDSE/CDS; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EXCITED ELECTRONS; EXCITON LUMINESCENCE; FAST TRANSIENTS; HIGH QUALITY; LUMINESCENCE BLINKING; LUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; MULTIPLE EXCITON; PARTICLE SURFACE; SILICON OXIDE LAYERS; SINGLE NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE STATE; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TRAP STATE; UV EXCITATION;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; HOT ELECTRONS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOIONIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; ZINC SULFIDE;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ILLUMINATION; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHTING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 66949142095     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900189f     Document Type: Article

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