Excitation energy dependence of fluorescence intermittency in cdse/zns core-shell nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 12059-12066

  Crouch, Catherine H ^a   Mohr, Robert ^a   Emmons, Thomas ^a   Wang, Siying ^b   Drndic, Marija ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATES; BAND GAPS; CDSE/ZNS; CDSE/ZNS CORE/SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EMISSION DYNAMICS; EXCESS ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE INTERMITTENCY; POWER LAW; POWER LAW EXPONENT; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION; ULTRA VIOLET EXCITATION;

ENERGY GAP; EXCITATION ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NANOCRYSTALS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 68149094508     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8104216     Document Type: Article

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