Excitation-dependent ultrafast carrier dynamics of colloidal TiO2 nanorods in organic solvent

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 25215-25222

  Triggiani, Leonardo ^a   Brunetti, Adalberto ^a   Aloi, Antonio ^a,b   Comparelli, Roberto ^a   Curri, M Lucia ^a   Agostiano, Angela ^a   Striccoli, Marinella ^a   Tommasi, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ENERGY GAP; NANORODS;

EXCITATION REGIME; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRAPPED EXCITON; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84949114872     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507383w     Document Type: Article

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