Nanotubular J-aggregates and quantum dots coupled for efficient resonance excitation energy transfer

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1552-1560

  Qiao, Yan ^a,c   Polzer, Frank ^a,d   Kirmse, Holm ^a   Steeg, Egon ^a   Kühn, Sergei ^b   Friede, Sebastian ^b   Kirstein, Stefan ^a   Rabe, Jürgen P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

amphiphilic cyanine dye; CdTe; F rster resonance energy transfer (FRET); light harvesting; organic inorganic hybrid system; self assembly; semiconductor

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION ENERGY; HYBRID SYSTEMS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CDTE; CYANINE DYES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID SYSTEMS; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84923449710     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506095g     Document Type: Article

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