Investigation into the heterostructure interface of CdSe-based core-shell quantum dots using surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6649-6657

  Todescato, Francesco ^a   Minotto, Alessandro ^a   Signorini, Raffaella ^a   Jasieniak, Jacek J ^b   Bozio, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

interface; quantum dots; surface enhanced resonant Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL INTERFACE; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; HETEROSTRUCTURE INTERFACES; RESONANT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84883248051     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402022z     Document Type: Article

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