Size-dependent optical properties of colloidal PbS quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3023-3030

  Moreels, Iwan ^a   Lambert, Karel ^a   Smeets, Dries ^b,d   De Muynck, David ^a   Nollet, Tom ^a   Martins, José C ^a   Vanhaecke, Frank ^a   Vantomme, André ^b   Delerue, Christophe ^c   Allan, Guy ^c   Hens, Zeger ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exciton lifetime; Lead chalcogenide; Molar extinction coefficient; Oscillator strength; PbSe; Semiconductor nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

EXCITON LIFETIME; LEAD CHALCOGENIDE; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; OSCILLATOR STRENGTH; PBSE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; GARNETS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 70350660834     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900863a     Document Type: Article

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