Exciton Fine Structure of CdSe/CdS Nanocrystals Determined by Polarization Microscopy at Room Temperature

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 7992-8003

  Vezzoli, Stefano ^a,b   Manceau, Mathieu ^a   Leménager, Godefroy ^a,c   Glorieux, Quentin ^a   Giacobino, Elisabeth ^a   Carbone, Luigi ^d   De Vittorio, Massimo ^e   Bramati, Alberto ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

colloidal nanocrystals; core shell heterostructure; exciton fine structure; photoluminescence; polarization microscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION;

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; CORE-SHELL HETEROSTRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC EFFECTS; EXCITON FINE STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84940032528     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01354     Document Type: Article

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