Optical properties of Zn1-xCdxS nanoparticles in the quantum confinement regime

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-98

  Chawla, Amit Kumar ^a   Singhal, Sonal ^a   Gupta, Hari Om ^a   Chandra, Ramesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Life time; Nanoparticle; Photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; BAND GAPS; BULK COUNTERPART; CD CONCENTRATIONS; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; LIFE TIME; LIFE-TIMES; NANO SECONDS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PL BANDS; PL EMISSION; SIZE EFFECTS; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZINC;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CADMIUM; NANOPARTICLE; SULFUR; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77950454990     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341310790226289     Document Type: Article

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