The effect of quantum size confinement on the optical properties of PbSe nanocrystals as a function of temperature and hydrostatic pressure

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Pedrueza, Esteban ^a   Segura, Alfredo ^a   Abargues, Rafael ^a   Bailach, Jose Bosch ^a   Chervin, Jean Claude ^b   Martínez Pastor, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; CARRIER EFFECTIVE MASS; INVERSE CORRELATION; PBSE NANOCRYSTALS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84876895117     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/20/205701     Document Type: Article

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