Photoluminescence dynamics of CdSe QD/Polymer langmuir-blodgett thin films: Morphology effects

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 14787-14795

  Martín García, Beatriz ^a   Paulo, Pedro M R ^b   Costa, Sílvia M B ^b   Velázquez, M Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILAYER DEPOSITION; COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTORS; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE; LANGMUIR BLODGETT TECHNIQUES; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT; MORPHOLOGY EFFECT; SURFACE EMISSIONS; SURFACE PRESSURES;

AGGREGATES; DEPOSITION; DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84880528975     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp311492z     Document Type: Article

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