CdSeS nanowires: Compositionally controlled band gap and exciton dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1103-1109

  Kim, Jong Pil ^a,d   Christians, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Choi, Hyunbong ^a,c   Krishnamurthy, Sachidananda ^a,c   Kamat, Prashant V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

band gap; CdSeS; charge dynamics; emission; nanowires; transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND EMISSIONS; CDSES; CHARGE DYNAMICS; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; WURTZITE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ENERGY GAP; NEUTRON EMISSION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84898070942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500280g     Document Type: Article

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