Lattice strain controls the carrier relaxation dynamics in Cd xZn 1-xS alloy quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 15167-15173

  Sadhu, Suparna ^a   Patra, Amitava ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LIFETIME; CARRIER RELAXATION; CARRIER RELAXATION DYNAMICS; DECAY CURVES; LATTICE STRAIN; MULTI-EXPONENTIAL DECAY; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NON-RADIATIVE RELAXATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; RADIATIVE RELAXATION; TRAP STATE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; ZINC;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 84863938648     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp304901w     Document Type: Article

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