Efficiency of multiexciton generation in colloidal nanostructures

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1242-1251

  Shabaev, Andrew ^a   Hellberg, C Stephen ^b   Efros, Alexander L ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84879215709     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300283j     Document Type: Article

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