Observation of the triplet exciton in EuS-coated single-walled nanotubes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 425-429

  Mohite, Aditya D ^a   Santos, Tiffany S ^b,c   Moodera, Jagadeesh S ^b   Alphenaar, Bruce W ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; YARN;

FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR; OPTICAL INJECTION; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES; SINGLET AND TRIPLET EXCITONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SPINTRONIC APPLICATIONS;

EXCITONS;

EUROPIUM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NANOCOATING; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; EXCITATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFILTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; TRIPLET EXCITON;

EID: 67749109781     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.122     Document Type: Article

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