Red states versus blue states in colloidal silicon nanocrystals: Exciton sequestration into low-density traps

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3806-3812

  Fuzell, Jack ^a   Thibert, Arthur ^a   Atkins, Tonya M ^a   Dasog, Mita ^b   Busby, Erik ^a   Veinot, Jonathan G C ^b,c   Kauzlarich, Susan M ^a   Larsen, Delmar S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

exciton dynamics; silicon nanoparticles; state filling; ultrafast dynamics

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION POWER; EXCITON DYNAMICS; META-STABLE STATE; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; STATE-FILLING; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

EXCITED STATES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84887632420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401896k     Document Type: Article

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