Photoluminescence properties of the CdSe quantum dots accompanied with rotation of the defocused wide-field fluorescence images

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 13427-13432

  Li, Qiang ^a   Chen, Xiao Jun ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Lan, Sheng ^a   Liu, Hai Ying ^a   Dai, Qiao Feng ^a   Wu, Li Jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; PROBABILITY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE DEFECTS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CARRIER TRAPS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON CLOUDS; EMISSION PATTERN; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; SELF ROTATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77956159872     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1006632     Document Type: Article

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