Indirect exciton formation due to inhibited carrier thermalization in single CdSe/CdS nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 691-697

  Shafran, Eyal ^a   Borys, Nicholas J ^a   Huang, Jing ^b   Talapin, Dmitri V ^b   Lupton, John M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CdSe CdS nanocrystals; indirect excitons; nanocrystal tetrapods; quantum dots; single particle microscopy; temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

CDSE/CDS; CORE-SHELL; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; EXCITON STATE; INDIRECT EXCITONS; INTERFACIAL BARRIERS; INTRAPARTICLE; LIGHT-HARVESTING; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SINGLE-PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPIES; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMALIZATION; TWO-STATE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84874160845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400070g     Document Type: Article

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