Mapping the spatial distribution of charge carriers in quantum-confined heterostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Smith, Andrew M ^a,b   Lane, Lucas A ^a   Nie, Shuming ^a,c  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CADMIUM; MERCURY; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; TELLURIUM;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ION EXCHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CATION EXCHANGE; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DISPERSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; OSCILLATOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

CADMIUM; MERCURY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TELLURIUM;

EID: 84905454545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5506     Document Type: Article

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