Electrical transport in colloidal quantum dot films

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1169-1175

  Guyot Sionnest, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING ENERGIES; DENSITY OF STATE; DISORDERED SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; ENERGY SCALE; FINITE TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAL NANOCRYSTALS; METALLIC CONDUCTIVITY; QUANTUM DOT FILMS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VARIABLE RANGE HOPPING;

NANOCRYSTALS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84860508369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300048y     Document Type: Review

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