Structural evolution and photoluminescence of zinc-blende CdSe-based CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 13414-13420

  Xia, Xing ^a   Liu, Zuli ^a   Du, Guihuan ^a   Li, Yuebin ^a   Ma, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; BRANCHED STRUCTURES; CDSE/ZNS; CDSE/ZNS CORE/SHELL; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH GROWTH TEMPERATURES; INTERFACE DIFFUSION; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; NANO-MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; SHAPE TUNING; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; ZINC-BLENDE;

ALLOYING; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD; SPHERES; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 77956148543     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp100442v     Document Type: Article

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