Composition-tunable optical properties of colloidal IV-VI quantum dots, composed of core/shell heterostructures with alloy components

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6547-6556

  Maikov, Georgy I ^a   Vaxenburg, Roman ^a   Sashchiuk, Aldona ^a   Lifshitz, Efrat ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alloyed quantum dots; Composition tunable optical properties; Core alloyed shell; Core shell; Lead chalcogenide; PbSe

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION-TUNABLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CORE/ALLOYED-SHELL; CORE/SHELL; LEAD CHALCOGENIDE; PBSE; QUANTUM DOT;

CERIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 78649532782     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101760t     Document Type: Article

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