Subpicosecond Photoinduced Hole Transfer from a CdS Quantum Dot to a Molecular Acceptor Bound Through an Exciton-Delocalizing Ligand

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 6372-6382

  Lian, Shichen ^a   Weinberg, David J ^a   Harris, Rachel D ^a   Kodaimati, Mohamad S ^a   Weiss, Emily A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdS quantum dot; dithiocarbamate; electronic coupling; exciton delocalization; hole transfer; transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; EXCITONS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS;

CDS QUANTUM DOTS; DITHIOCARBAMATES; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; EXCITON DELOCALIZATION; HOLE TRANSFER; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84976590819     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02814     Document Type: Article

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