Tuning the optical band gap of quantum dot assemblies by varying network density

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2000-2006

  Yu, Hongtao ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Brock, Stephanie L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogel; CdSe; Chalcogenide gels; Density; Dimensionality; Quantum confinement; Quantum dots; Xerogel

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; BAND GAPS; BULK DENSITY; CDSE; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; DENSITY; DENSITY VARIATIONS; DIMENSIONALITY; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; DRYING TECHNIQUE; INTERACTING SYSTEM; NANOPARTICLE NETWORKS; NETWORK DENSITY; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; NON-LINEAR TRENDS; OXIDIZING AGENTS; POROUS ARCHITECTURES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT ASSEMBLIES; QUANTUM DOTS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; TEM; TETRANITROMETHANE; THIOLATE LIGANDS;

ACETONE; AEROGELS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEWATERING; ENERGY GAP; GELATION; HEXANE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; XEROGELS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 68649109669     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900456f     Document Type: Article

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