Compact high-quality CdSe-CdS core-shell nanocrystals with narrow emission linewidths and suppressed blinking

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 445-451

  Chen, Ou ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Chauhan, Vikash P ^b   Cui, Jian ^a   Wong, Cliff ^a   Harris, Daniel K ^a   Wei, He ^a   Han, Hee Sun ^a   Fukumura, Dai ^b   Jain, Rakesh K ^b   Bawendi, Moungi G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; CORE-SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; EMISSION LINEWIDTH; OPTIMIZED PROCESS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; QUANTUM DOT BLINKING; SOLID STATE LIGHTING;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; SOLUBILITY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDES; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876678618     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3539     Document Type: Article

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