Effect of dot size on exciton binding energy and electron-hole recombination probability in CdSe quantum dots

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4351-4359

  Elward, Jennifer M ^a   Chakraborty, Arindam ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885405929     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct400485s     Document Type: Article

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