Nanocrystal-semiconductor interface: Atomic-resolution cross-sectional transmission electron microscope study of lead sulfide nanocrystal quantum dots on crystalline silicon

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-227

  Lingley, Zachary ^a   Mahalingam, Krishnamurthy ^b   Lu, Siyuan ^c   Brown, Gail J ^b   Madhukar, Anupam ^a,c  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

energy and charge transfer; high resolution transmission electron microscopy; interface atomic structure; nanocrystal quantum dots; semiconductor substrate; solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894370973     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0389-4     Document Type: Article

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