Composition-dependent ultra-high photoconductivity in ternary CdSxSe1-x nanobelts as measured by optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 808-821

  Liu, Hongwei ^a,b   Lu, Junpeng ^a   Zheng, Minrui ^a   Tang, Sing Hai ^a   Zhang, Xinhai ^b   Sow, Chorng Haur ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

nanomaterials and nanostructures; optical materials; photoconductivity; ternary alloys; THz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888072714     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0359-x     Document Type: Article

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