The electronic structure of amorphous carbon nanodots

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7258-7265

  Margraf, Johannes T ^a   Strauss, Volker ^a   Guldi, Dirk M ^a   Clark, Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PASSIVATION; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON STRUCTURES; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRONIC SURFACE STATE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; PERIODIC CALCULATIONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

CARBON; NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBON; ELECTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84934993147     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510620j     Document Type: Article

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