Chalcogenol ligand toolbox for CdSe nanocrystals and their influence on exciton relaxation pathways

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2512-2521

  Buckley, Jannise J ^a   Couderc, Elsa ^a   Greaney, Matthew J ^a   Munteanu, James ^a   Riche, Carson T ^b   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a   Brutchey, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CdSe; ligand exchange; nanocrystals; photoluminescence; quantum dot

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CDSE; CONCOMITANT REDUCTION; DIPHENYLPHOSPHINE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITON RELAXATION; LIGAND EXCHANGES; LOW TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM DOT;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84896966089     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn406109v     Document Type: Article

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