Solution-processed, barrier-confined, and 1D nanostructure supported quasi-quantum well with large photoluminescence enhancement

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3771-3780

  Yan, Keyou ^a   Zhang, Lixia ^b   Kuang, Qin ^a   Wei, Zhanhua ^a   Yi, Ya ^b   Wang, Jiannong ^b   Yang, Shihe ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

enhanced photoluminescence; organic solution heteroepitaxy; ZnO nanotetrapods; ZnSe CdSe ZnSe quantum well

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANORIBBONS; NANOSHEETS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZINC OXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITY; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; PHOTOELECTRIC PROPERTY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; SUCCESSIVE DEPOSITIONS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZNO NANOTETRAPODS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SELENIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LUMINESCENCE; MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; VOLATILIZATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLUTIONS; VOLATILIZATION; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84899449227     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500465w     Document Type: Article

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