Efficient color-tunable multiexcitonic dual wavelength emission from type II semiconductor tetrapods

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9349-9357

  Wu, Wen Ya ^a   Li, Mingjie ^a   Lian, Jie ^b   Wu, Xiangyang ^c   Yeow, Edwin K L ^c   Jhon, Mark H ^d   Chan, Yinthai ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

color tunable; dual emission; InP CdS; multiexciton; tetrapod; Type II

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; COLOR; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; STABILITY;

COLOR TUNABLE; DUAL EMISSIONS; INP; MULTIEXCITONS; TETRAPOD; TYPE II;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84925679661     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503343c     Document Type: Article

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