Quantum oscillations in magnetically doped colloidal nanocrystals

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-115

  Ochsenbein, Stefan T ^a   Gamelin, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; ERROR CORRECTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NANOCRYSTALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN DYNAMICS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; DOPED QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON SPIN-ECHO ENVELOPE MODULATIONS; HYPERFINE COUPLING; MAGNETIC IMPURITY; QUANTUM OSCILLATIONS; RABI OSCILLATIONS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MANGANESE; PROTON; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MODULATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79751537303     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.252     Document Type: Article

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