Exciton Generation in Semiconductor Nanocrystals via the Near-Field Plasmon Energy Transfer

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 15562-15571

  Razgoniaeva, Natalia ^a   Lambright, Scott ^a   Sharma, Narayan ^a   Acharya, Amit ^a   Khon, Elena ^a   Moroz, Pavel ^a   Razgoniaev, Anton ^a   Ostrowski, Alexis ^a   Zamkov, Mikhail ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOEXCITATION; ZINC SULFIDE;

CDSE NANOPARTICLES; EXCITON ENERGIES; EXCITON GENERATION; FAR-FIELD SCATTERING; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; PLASMON RESONANCES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84936867359     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04608     Document Type: Article

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