Photoinduced dark fraction due to blinking and photodarkening probability in aqueous CdTe quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 13268-13275

  Murthy, A V R ^a   Patil, Padmashri ^a   Datta, Shouvik ^a   Patil, Shivprasad ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE QUANTUM DOTS; DETECTION VOLUME; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DILUTE AQUEOUS SOLUTION; EXCITATION INTENSITY; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENT QUANTUM DOTS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84879641686     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402792f     Document Type: Article

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