Photoluminescence of CdSe Nanowires Grown With and Without Metal Catalyst

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-359

  Fasoli, Andrea ^a   Colli, Alan ^b   Martelli, Faustino ^c   Pisana, Simone ^a   Tan, Ping Heng ^d   Ferrari, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

CdSe; nanowires; photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954716358     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0089-2     Document Type: Article

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