First-principles study of the influence of different interfaces and core types on the properties of CdSe/CdS core-shell nanocrystals

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kocevski, V ^a   Rusz, J ^a   Eriksson, O ^a   Sarma, D D ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 84930664761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10865     Document Type: Article

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