Spectral barcoding of quantum dots: Deciphering structural motifs from the excitonic spectra

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mlinar, Vladan ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 69549130913     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.035328     Document Type: Article

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