Elimination of hole-surface overlap in graded CdSxSe1- x nanocrystals revealed by ultrafast fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10665-10673

  Keene, Joseph D ^a,c   McBride, James R ^a,c   Orfield, Noah J ^a,c   Rosenthal, Sandra J ^a,b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdSxSe1 x; core shell; graded alloy; nanocrystal spectroscopy; quasi type II; ultrafast fluorescence upconversion

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER MOBILITY; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CDSXSE1- X; CORE/SHELL; FEMTOSECOND FLUORESCENCE UP-CONVERSION SPECTROSCOPIES; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; FLUORESCENCE UPCONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TYPE II; TYPE II BAND ALIGNMENTS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 84908440124     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504235w     Document Type: Article

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