Nano-engineered electron-hole exchange interaction controls exciton dynamics in core-shell semiconductor nanocrystals

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Brovelli, S ^a   Schaller, R D ^a   Crooker, S A ^b   Garcia Santamaria F ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Viswanatha, R ^a   Hollingsworth, J A ^a   Htoon, H ^a   Klimov, V I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTAL; NANOSHELL; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; EXCHANGE INTERACTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANOENGINEERING; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955056781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1281     Document Type: Article

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