Synthesis and structural, optical, and dynamic properties of core/shell/shell CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 25065-25073

  Fitzmorris, Bob C ^a   Cooper, Jason K ^a   Edberg, Jordan ^a   Gul, Sheraz ^a,b   Guo, Jinghua ^a,b   Zhang, Jin Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE; CDSE/ZNS; CDSE/ZNS CORE/SHELL; CRYSTAL LATTICE DISLOCATION; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITON DYNAMICS; EXPONENTIALS; GLOBAL FITTING; HOT INJECTION; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; ONE POT; PL QUANTUM YIELD; PL SPECTRA; SYNTHETIC METHODS; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; DYNAMICS; EXCITONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM YIELD; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SULFUR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84870442500     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3092013     Document Type: Article

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