The redox chemistry at the interface for retrieving and brightening the emission of doped semiconductor nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2084-2090

  Sarkar, Suresh ^a   Patra, Biplab K ^a   Guria, Amit K ^a   Pradhan, Narayan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

doped nanocrystals; lifetime; surface oxidation; surface reduction; thiol ligands

Indexed keywords

DOPED NANOCRYSTALS; DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; EXCITONIC EMISSION; INTERFACE CHEMISTRY; LIFETIME; NONRADIATIVE STATE; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; SURFACE REDUCTION;

LIGANDS; OXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84879752314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401010g     Document Type: Article

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