Influence of the core size on biexciton quantum yield of giant CdSe/CdS nanocrystals

Nanoscale

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3712-3720

  Mangum, Benjamin D ^a   Sampat, Siddharth ^b   Ghosh, Yagnaseni ^a   Hollingsworth, Jennifer A ^a   Htoon, Han ^a   Malko, Anton V ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM YIELD;

AVERAGE VALUES; BIEXCITON QUANTUM YIELDS; EMISSIVE STATE; LARGE-CORE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; SHELL THICKNESS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TUNING PARAMETER;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84896331147     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr06558h     Document Type: Article

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