Giant and broad-band absorption enhancement in colloidal quantum dot monolayers through dipolar coupling

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 987-993

  Geiregat, Pieter ^a   Justo, Yolanda ^a   Abe, Sofie ^a   Flamee, Stijn ^a   Hens, Zeger ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

coupled dipole model; light absorption; nanocrystals; optical properties; superlattice

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BROAD BANDS; CDSE; CLOSE-PACKED MONOLAYERS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; COUPLED DIPOLES; CUSTOM DESIGN; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DILUTE DISPERSIONS; DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SIZE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONOLAYERS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUPERLATTICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; LEAD; LEAD SULFIDE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; PARTICLE SIZE;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; LEAD; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84874432021     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305524a     Document Type: Article

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