Plasmons in photocharged ZnO nanocrystals revealing the nature of charge dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3024-3030

  Faucheaux, Jacob A ^a   Jain, Prashant K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

continuum exciton; defect luminescence; localized surface plasmon resonance; plasmonics; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE MODES; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; CONTINUUM EXCITON; DEFECT LUMINESCENCE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICAL SIGNATURES; PLASMONICS; TRAPPING DYNAMICS;

NANOCRYSTALS; PLASMONS; REDOX REACTIONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84884535746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401719u     Document Type: Article

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