Internal structure of InP/ZnS nanocrystals unraveled by high-resolution soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4799-4805

  Huang, Kai ^a   Demadrille, Renaud ^a   Silly, Mathieu G ^b   Sirotti, Fausto ^b   Reiss, Peter ^a   Renault, Olivier ^c  

^a Departement de Recherches Fondamentales sur la Matiere Condensee CEA Grenoble   (France)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alloys; Core shell structure; Indium phosphide; Nanocrystals; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BONDING STATE; CORE STRUCTURE; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; INP NANOCRYSTALS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION MECHANISM; SINGLE-STEP; SOFT X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TWO STEP METHOD; XPS ANALYSIS;

CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRONS; INDIUM; INDIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 78249260861     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100581t     Document Type: Article

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