Exciton relaxation in PbSe nanorods

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8120-8127

  Yang, Jun ^a   Hyun, Byung Ryool ^a   Basile, Anthony J ^a   Wise, Frank W ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

1D; Auger recombination; biexciton; exciton; intraband relaxation; nanorod; PbSe

Indexed keywords

1D; AUGER RECOMBINATION; BIEXCITONS; INTRABAND RELAXATION; PBSE;

EXCITONS; NANORODS;

SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; NANOTUBE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LEAD; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84866653686     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302739e     Document Type: Article

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