Effects of surface-passivating ligands and ultrasmall cdse nanocrystal size on the delocalization of exciton confinement

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 7851-7858

  Teunis, Meghan B ^a   Dolai, Sukanta ^a   Sardar, Rajesh ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PASSIVATION;

BAND-EDGE ABSORPTION; CONJUGATED LIGANDS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; EXCITON CONFINEMENT; EXCITON DELOCALIZATION; LIGAND EXCHANGE REACTIONS; NANOCRYSTAL GROWTH; NANOCRYSTAL SURFACE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84903954058     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la501533t     Document Type: Article

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