Efficient charge separation in multidimensional nanohybrids

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4562-4568

  Peng, Xiaohui ^a   Misewich, James A ^b   Wong, Stanislaus S ^a,b   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LIFETIME; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COVALENT ATTACHMENT; KINETIC MODELS; MOLECULAR LINKERS; NANOHYBRIDS; NEUTRAL EXCITONS; QUANTUM DOT EXCITONS; RECOMBINATION KINETICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITONS; ION EXCHANGE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80755142863     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2016625     Document Type: Article

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