Confocal laser imaging and annealing of quantum-dot-coated silica colloidal crystals

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3779-3782

  Beckham, Richard E ^a   Bevan, Michael A ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; FOCUSED LASER; LASER IMAGING; LOCAL HEATING; MICRO-PARTICLES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE DEFECT; THERMAL MOTION;

CRYSTALS; HEATING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICA;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 77957930650     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la904031s     Document Type: Article

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