Spectral and dynamic properties of excitons and biexcitons in type-II semiconductor nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5994-6000

  Ivanov, S A ^a   Achermann, M ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; biexcitons; dynamics; nanocrystals; quantum dots; time resolved spectroscopy; type II

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; BI-EXCITONS; QUANTUM DOT; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TYPE-II;

AUGERS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; EXCITONS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 78049337657     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101357q     Document Type: Article

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