Shape-dependent multiexciton emission and whispering gallery modes in supraparticles of CdSe/multishell quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3942-3950

  Vanmaekelbergh, Daniël ^a   Van Vugt, Lambert K ^a   Bakker, Henriëtte E ^a   Rabouw, Freddy T ^a   Nijs, Bart De ^a   Van Dijk Moes, Relinde J A ^a   Van Huis, Marijn A ^a   Baesjou, Patrick J ^a,b   Van Blaaderen, Alfons ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assembly; Auger recombination; multiexciton emission; nanocrystal; quantum dot; quantum dot solid; whispering gallery mode

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION; EXCITATION INTENSITY; MULTIEXCITONS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SOLIDS; SHAPE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 84928964197     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn507310f     Document Type: Article

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