Determination of the quantum dot band gap dependence on particle size from optical absorbance and transmission electron microscopy measurements

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 9021-9032

  Segets, Doris ^a   Lucas, J Matthew ^b   Klupp Taylor, Robin N ^a   Scheele, Marcus ^c   Zheng, Haimei ^c   Alivisatos, A Paul ^c   Peukert, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

absorbance spectra; automated TEM image analysis; optical properties; particle size distribution; PbS(e); quantum dot

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; BAND GAP ENERGY; BULK ABSORPTION; DATA SETS; DIRECT BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; MODIFIED ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL ABSORBANCE; PBS(E); QUANTUM MECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; SIZE RANGES; SYNTHETIC EXPERIMENTS; TEM IMAGES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ZNO;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ENERGY GAP;

QUANTUM DOT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84867801978     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn303130d     Document Type: Article

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