Hole surface trapping dynamics directly monitored by electron spin manipulation in cds nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4310-4316

  Li, Xiao ^a   Feng, Donghai ^a   Tong, Haifang ^a   Jia, Tianqing ^a   Deng, Li ^a   Sun, Zhenrong ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

charge carrier trapping; colloidal nanocrystals; pump probe; spin dynamics; ultrafast transient spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTROSPINNING; HOLE TRAPS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES; PUMPS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CHARGE CARRIER TRAPPING; COLLOIDAL CDS NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; PUMP PROBE; TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 84918842439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502340w     Document Type: Article

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