Energy level diagram and kinetics of luminescence of Ag nanoclusters dispersed in a glass host

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 13582-13591

  Velazquez J J ^a,b   Tikhomirov, V K ^a   Chibotaru, L F ^a   Cuong, N T ^a   Kuznetsov, A S ^a   Rodriguez V D ^b   Nguyen, M T ^a   Moshchalkov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; GLASS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCLUSTERS; OLIGOMERS;

CONFIGURATION COORDINATE DIAGRAM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAMS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GLASS HOSTS; LUMINESCENCE KINETICS; OXY-FLUORIDE GLASS; SITE SELECTIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL RANGE; TETRAMERS;

SILVER;

EID: 84863760059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013582     Document Type: Article

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