Electron relaxation following UV excitation in CdSe nanocrystals: Sub-picosecond-fast population of the 1P states across a gap wider than 10 phonon energies

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 19859-19862

  Califano, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARRIER MULTIPLICATION; CDSE NANOCRYSTALS; COOLING MODEL; D ELECTRONS; ELECTRON DECAY; ELECTRON RELAXATION; ENERGY SEPARATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; INTRABAND RELAXATION; MULTIPLE EXCITON; PHONON EMISSIONS; PHONON ENERGIES; PICOSECONDS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE PHOTONS; TIME CONSTANTS; UV EXCITATION;

AUGERS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COOLING; ELECTRON MOBILITY; EXCITONS; LASER PULSES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 72149130557     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp907755j     Document Type: Article

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