Charge-state control of Mn2+ spin relaxation dynamics in colloidal n-type Zn1- xMnxO nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1748-1753

  Schimpf, Alina M ^a   Rinehart, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Ochsenbein, Stefan T ^a,c   Gamelin, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

doped nanocrystal; electron paramagnetic relaxation; exchange coupling; photodoping; spin relaxation; spin echo

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION BANDS; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; EXCHANGE COUPLING; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; SPIN DYNAMICS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

DOPED NANOCRYSTALS; PARAMAGNETIC RELAXATION; PHOTODOPING; SPIN ECHO; SPIN RELAXATION;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84929000898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00621     Document Type: Article

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