Exciton-trion transitions in single CdSe-CdS core-shell nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2281-2287

  Gómez, Daniel E ^a   Van Embden, Joel ^a   Mulvaney, Paul ^a   Fernée, Mark J ^b   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blinking; CdSe CdS; Excitons; Photoluminescence; Quantum dots; Semiconductor nanocrystals; Single molecule spectroscopy; Spectral diffusion; Trions

Indexed keywords

BLINKING; CDSE/CDS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION; TRIONS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EXCITONS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; LUMINESCENT AGENT; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 69549122102     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900296q     Document Type: Article

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