Controlled alloying of the core-shell interface in CdSe/CdS quantum dots for suppression of auger recombination

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3411-3419

  Bae, Wan Ki ^a   Padilha, Lazaro A ^a   Park, Young Shin ^a   McDaniel, Hunter ^a   Robel, Istvan ^a   Pietryga, Jeffrey M ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

alloyed core shell interface; Auger recombination; CdSe CdS; CdSe CdSexS1 x CdS; core shell; nanocrystal; quantum dot

Indexed keywords

ALLOYED CORE; AUGER RECOMBINATION; CDSE; CDSE/CDS; CORE/SHELL;

ALLOYING; CADMIUM SULFIDE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AUGERS;

ALLOY; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES;

ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84876565101     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4002825     Document Type: Article

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