Single CuTCNQ charge transfer complex nanowire as ultra high responsivity photodetector

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4944-4952

  Basori, Rabaya ^a   Das, K ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^b   Narayan, K S ^b   Raychaudhuri, A K ^a  

^a S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ORGANOMETALLICS;

ABSORBED POWER; ABSORPTION PEAKS; CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; PHOTOGENERATED CURRENT; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; SINGLE NANOWIRES; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84896347319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.004944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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