Role of solvent-oxygen ion pairs in photooxidation of CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2371-2377

  Manner, Virginia W ^a   Koposov, Alexey Y ^a   Szymanski, Paul ^a,b   Klimov, Victor I ^a   Sykora, Milan ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

degradation; nanocrystals; oxidation; photochemistry; photooxidation; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CDSE NANOCRYSTALS; ION PAIRS; NANOCRYSTAL QUANTUM DOTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLET OXYGEN;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; HEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; OXYGEN; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84859152289     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2046289     Document Type: Article

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