Multiple exciton generation and recombination in carbon nanotubes and nanocrystals

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1358-1366

  Kanemitsu, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84879209690     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300269z     Document Type: Article

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