Facet-selective growth and optical properties of CdTe/CdSe tetrapod-shaped nanocrystal heterostructures

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1621-1626

  Vasiliev, Roman B ^a   Dirin, Dmitry N ^a   Sokolikova, Maria S ^a   Roddatis, Vladimir V ^b   Vasiliev, Alexander L ^b   Vitukhnovsky, Alexei G ^c   Gaskov, Alexander M ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LENGTH; CDTE; CHARGE-TRANSFER BANDS; EXCITONIC ABSORPTION; EXCITONIC LUMINESCENCE; INTENSITY RATIO; LOW-INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE BAND; MOLAR RATIO; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SPLITTING ENERGY; SUB-BANDS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIP GROWTH;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; OLEIC ACID; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 81455135635     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.207     Document Type: Article

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