Studies of the photostability of CdSe/CdS dot-in-rod nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Wen, Xiaoming ^a   Sitt, Amit ^b   Yu, Pyng ^a   Ko, Hsien Chen ^a   Toh, Yon Rui ^a   Tang, Jau ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

CdSe CdS dot in rod; Fluorescence; Photooxidation; Photopassivation; Seeded growth

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; CADMIUM SULFIDE; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACE STATES; IRRADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOOXIDATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SHRINKAGE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CDSE/CDS; DIFFUSION OF OXYGENS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; PHOTOINDUCED DEFECTS; PHOTOINDUCED PHENOMENA; PHOTOPASSIVATION; SEEDED GROWTH; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; BLUE SHIFT; CDS; FLUENCES; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; PL INTENSITY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; THICK SHELLS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFATE; NANOPARTICLE; CADMIUM; DOT IN ROD NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; IRRADIATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHOTOPASSIVATION; PHOTOSTABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84868662802     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1278-6     Document Type: Article

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