Ultrafast carrier transfer and hot carrier dynamics in PbS-Au hybrid nanostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2113-2120

  Okuhata, Tomoki ^a   Kobayashi, Yoichi ^b   Nonoguchi, Yoshiyuki ^c   Kawai, Tsuyoshi ^c   Tamai, Naoto ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CLEANING; DYNAMICS; EXCITED STATES; HOT CARRIERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM THEORY; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CARRIER DYNAMICS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; INSTRUMENTAL RESPONSE FUNCTION; PBS QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR METALS; ULTRAFAST CARRIERS;

GOLD;

EID: 84949116149     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508406z     Document Type: Article

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