Energy transfer induced by carbon quantum dots in porous zinc oxide nanocomposite films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2837-2843

  Suzuki, Kazumasa ^a,b   Malfatti, Luca ^a,b   Carboni, Davide ^a   Loche, Danilo ^c   Casula, Maria ^c   Moretto, Alessandro ^d   Maggini, Michele ^d   Takahashi, Masahide ^b   Innocenzi, Plinio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON; CARBON FILMS; CARBON QUANTUM DOTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLS; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

AGGREGATION STATE; FLUORINATED SURFACTANT; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; INORGANIC MATRICES; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PARTIALLY FLUORINATED; POROUS ZINC OXIDES; TEMPLATING AGENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84922353723     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510661d     Document Type: Article

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