Spatial composition grading of quaternary ZnCdSSe alloy nanowires with tunable light emission between 350 and 710 nm on a single substrate

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 671-680

  Pan, Anlian ^a   Liu, Ruibin ^a   Sun, Minghua ^a   Ning, Cun Zheng ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition grading; Dual gradient method; Nanowires; Quaternary alloys; Semiconductor; Single substrate; Tunable; Visible spectrum

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION GRADING; DUAL GRADIENT METHOD; QUATERNARY ALLOYS; SINGLE SUBSTRATE; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

ALLOYING; ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; GRADIENT METHODS; GRADING; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SUBSTRATES; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 77649134442     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901699h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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