Role of core-shell interfaces on exciton recombination in CdSe-CdxZn1-xS quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 24117-24126

  Minotto, Alessandro ^a   Todescato, Francesco ^a   Fortunati, Ilaria ^a   Signorini, Raffaella ^a   Jasieniak, Jacek J ^b   Bozio, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; EXCITONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERFACE STATES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); ZINC SULFIDE;

CORE-SHELL INTERFACE; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; EXCITON RECOMBINATION; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; KINETIC MODELING; SHELL THICKNESS; SINGLE EXCITONS; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING TECHNIQUES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84908063064     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506778n     Document Type: Article

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