Heavily doped n-type PbSe and PbS nanocrystals using ground-state charge transfer from cobaltocene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Koh, Weon Kyu ^a   Koposov, Alexey Y ^a   Stewart, John T ^a   Pal, Bhola N ^a   Robel, Istvan ^a   Pietryga, Jeffrey M ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84879610630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02004     Document Type: Article

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