Linker-assisted assembly and interfacial electron-transfer reactivity of Quantum dot-substrate architectures

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2299-2309

  Watson, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS; METAL SURFACES; NANO-STRUCTURED; PLANAR SEMICONDUCTORS; QUANTUM DOT; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE;

ENERGY CONVERSION; MOLECULES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77955367525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100571u     Document Type: Article

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