Optical and Electronic Properties of Nonconcentric PbSe/CdSe Colloidal Quantum Dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2444-2448

  Zaiats, Gary ^a   Shapiro, Arthur ^a   Yanover, Diana ^a   Kauffmann, Yaron ^a   Sashchiuk, Aldona ^a   Lifshitz, Efrat ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cation exchange; colloidal quantum dots; effective mass approximation; nonconcentric core shell

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; INFRARED DEVICES; LEAD; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

CATION EXCHANGES; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; CORE/SHELL; EFFECTIVE MASS APPROXIMATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRAL; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONICS; LEAD; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84947594944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00498     Document Type: Article

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