Tuning the emission of CdSe quantum dots by controlled trap enhancement

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 11272-11276

  Baker, David R ^a   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; BAND-EDGE EMISSIONS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CONCENTRATION OF; DEEP TRAPS; EMISSION INTENSITY; LIGAND EXCHANGES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DECAY; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM DOT; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

ACIDS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77954247743     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la100580g     Document Type: Article

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