Cathodoluminescence in a scanning transmission electron microscope: A nanometer-scale counterpart of photoluminescence for the study of II-VI quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4090-4094

  Mahfoud, Zackaria ^a   Dijksman, Arjen T ^c   Javaux, Clémentine ^c   Bassoul, Pierre ^c   Baudrion, Anne Laure ^b   Plain, Jéroîme ^b   Dubertret, Benoiît ^c   Kociak, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

cathodoluminescence; excitons; II VI quantum dots; photoluminescence; scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL; II-VI QUANTUM DOTS; NANO-METER-SCALE; QUANTUM-CONFINED STRUCTURES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SIDE BY SIDES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; EXCITONS; EXPERIMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84890337908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402233x     Document Type: Article

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