Charge carrier resolved relaxation of the first excitonic state in CdSe quantum dots probed with near-infrared transient absorption spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 14514-14520

  McArthur, Eric A ^a   Morris Cohen, Adam J ^a   Knowles, Kathryn E ^a   Weiss, Emily A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRONS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGANDS; QUANTUM THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BENZOQUINONES; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON TRAPPING PROCESS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; EXCITONIC STATE; GLOBAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; GROUND STATE BLEACHING; HOLE TRAPPING; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-IR; OCTANETHIOL; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PROBE ENERGY; TIME CONSTANTS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78650102011     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp102101f     Document Type: Article

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