Fast relaxation of hot carriers by impact ionization in semiconductor nanocrystals: Role of defects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Allan, Guy ^a   Delerue, Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

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EID: 67649424552     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.195324     Document Type: Article

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