Suppressed blinking dynamics of single QDs on ITO

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1545-1552

  Jin, Shengye ^a   Song, Nianhui ^a   Lian, Tianquan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger relaxation; CdSe CdS3MLZnCdS2MLZnS2ML core multishell QDs; Charged QDs; Interfacial electron transfer; Single QD; Suppressed blinking dynamics

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; CDSE/CDS; EXCITON QUENCHING; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; HOLE TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; N-DOPED; N-DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR; SINGLE QD; VALENCE-BAND HOLES;

AUGERS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; ZINC SULFIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77950121562     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901808f     Document Type: Article

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