Spatially indirect emission in a luminescent nanocrystal molecule

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2358-2362

  Choi, Charina L ^a,b   Li, Hui ^c,d   Olson, Andrew C K ^a,b   Jain, Prashant K ^a,b   Sivasankar, Sanjeevi ^c,d   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdSe CdS core shell; indirect emission; luminescence; Nanocrystal molecule

Indexed keywords

CDSE/CDS; CORE/SHELL; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; EXCITED LEVELS; INDIRECT EMISSION; KASHA'S RULE; LUMINESCENT NANOCRYSTALS; MULTICOMPONENTS; NANO SCALE; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; PHOTOPHYSICAL BEHAVIOR; RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; SINGLE PARTICLE; VIBRONIC COUPLING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EXCITED STATES; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOCRYSTALS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79958846651     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2007032     Document Type: Article

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