Exploring ultrafast electronic processes of quasi-type II nanocrystals by two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 16255-16263

  Kobayashi, Yoichi ^a   Chuang, Chi Hung ^b   Burda, Clemens ^b   Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; HETERO-NANOSTRUCTURES; LONGITUDINAL OPTICAL PHONONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPIES; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84904962414     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504559s     Document Type: Article

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