Observation of charge transport in single titanium dioxide nanotubes by micro-photoluminescence imaging and spectroscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7270-7280

  Mercado, Candy C ^a   Knorr, Fritz J ^a   McHale, Jeanne L ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

single nanoparticle spectroscopy; TiO 2 nanotubes; transport; trap states

Indexed keywords

BLUE-SHIFTED; CRYSTAL FACETS; EXCITATION POINTS; GREEN COMPONENT; MICROPHOTOLUMINESCENCE; NANOTUBE FILMS; ORDERED ARRAY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PL IMAGE; PL SPECTRA; SINGLE NANOTUBES; SINGLE-NANOPARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBES; TRANSPORT; TRAP STATE;

ETHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOTUBES;

NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84865605364     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302392p     Document Type: Article

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