The effect of temperature and dot size on the spectral properties of colloidal InP/ZnS core-shell quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2539-2546

  Narayanaswamy, Arun ^a,c   Feiner, L F ^a   Meijerink, A ^b   Van Der Zaag, P J ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dephasing; Finite size scaling; InP ZnS; Photoluminescence; Quantum dots; Size dependence; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

DEPHASING; FINITE-SIZE SCALING; INP/ZNS; QUANTUM DOTS; SIZE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 70349542902     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9004507     Document Type: Article

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