Long-lived and well-resolved Mn2+ ion emissions in CuInS-ZnS quantum dots

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cao, Sheng ^a,b   Li, Chengming ^a   Wang, Lin ^b   Shang, Minghui ^b   Wei, Guodong ^b   Zheng, Jinju ^b   Yang, Weiyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84926676714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07510     Document Type: Article

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