Control of PbSe quantum dot surface chemistry and photophysics using an alkylselenide ligand

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5498-5506

  Hughes, Barbara K ^a,b   Ruddy, Daniel A ^b   Blackburn, Jeffrey L ^b   Smith, Danielle K ^b   Bergren, Matthew R ^b,c   Nozik, Arthur J ^a,b   Johnson, Justin C ^b   Beard, Matthew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

lead chalcogenides; nanoparticles; nuclear magnetic resonance; photoluminescence; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

AIR STABILITY; EXCESS PB; LEAD CHALCOGENIDES; NON-RADIATIVE RELAXATION; PHOTOPHYSICS;

CHALCOGENIDES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

LIGANDS;

LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LEAD; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84860386615     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301405j     Document Type: Article

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