Blinking statistics and excitation-dependent luminescence yield in Si and CdSe nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2202-2208

  Bruhn, Benjamin ^a   Qejvanaj, Fatjon ^a   Sychugov, Ilya ^a   Linnros, Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE/ZNS NANOCRYSTALS; CORE-SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; EXCITATION POWER DENSITY; EXPONENTIAL STATISTICS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; ON-OFF INTERMITTENCY; POWER-LAW STATISTICS; SINGLE QUANTUM EMITTER;

LIGHT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84893243869     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4100685     Document Type: Article

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