Unraveling the structure and dynamics of excitons in semiconductor quantum dots

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Kambhampati, Patanjali ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78751545087     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar1000428     Document Type: Article

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