Spectrally resolved photoluminescence imaging of ZnO nanocrystals at single-particle levels

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1241-1247

  Layek, Arunasish ^a   De, Suman ^a   Thorat, Ruhi ^a   Chowdhury, Arindam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT EMISSION; DEFECT ENERGY LEVEL; DEFECTS DENSITY; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; LOW ENERGY LASER; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; PL INTENSITY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTH; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRANSITION ENERGY; ZNO; ZNO NANOCRYSTAL;

LASER EXCITATION; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

DEFECTS;

EID: 79958235645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200370s     Document Type: Article

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