Design and synthesis of heterostructured quantum dots with dual emission in the visible and infrared

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 539-547

  Lin, Qianglu ^a,b   Makarov, Nikolay S ^a   Koh, Weon Kyu ^a   Velizhanin, Kirill A ^a   Cirloganu, Claudiu M ^a   Luo, Hongmei ^b   Klimov, Victor I ^a   Pietryga, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

cation exchange; core shell nanocrystal; dual emission; effective mass model; quantum dots; vacancy formation

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POSITIVE IONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CATION EXCHANGES; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; DUAL EMISSIONS; EFFECTIVE MASS; VACANCY FORMATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84921768901     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505793y     Document Type: Article

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