PbSe-based colloidal core/shell heterostructures for optoelectronic applications

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7243-7275

  Zaiats, Gary ^a   Yanover, Diana ^a   Vaxenburg, Roman ^a   Tilchin, Jenya ^a   Sashchiuk, Aldona ^a   Lifshitz, Efrat ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alloyed quantum dots; Band gap tunability; Colloidal quantum dots; Core shell; PbSe; PbSe CdSe; PbSe PbS; Surface oxidation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; CORE/SHELL; PBSE; PBSE/CDSE; PBSE/PBS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; TUNABILITIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84921057097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7117243     Document Type: Review

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