Electronic and optical properties of graphene quantum dots: The role of many-body effects

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4983-4989

  Li, Yunhai ^a   Shu, Huabing ^a   Wang, Shudong ^a   Wang, Jinlan ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CARBON ALLOTROPES; ELECTRON-HOLE INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; FRONTIER ORBITALS; MANY BODY PERTURBATION THEORY; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84924184809     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506969r     Document Type: Article

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