Single-step fabrication of quantum funnels via centrifugal colloidal casting of nanoparticle films

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Jin Young ^a,b   Adinolfi, Valerio ^a   Sutherland, Brandon R ^a   Voznyy, Oleksandr ^a   Kwon, S Joon ^b   Kim, Tae Wu ^c,d   Kim, Jeongho ^e   Ihee, Hyotcherl ^c,d   Kemp, Kyle ^a   Adachi, Michael ^a   Yuan, Mingjian ^a   Kramer, Illan ^a   Zhitomirsky, David ^a   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^e Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; NANOFILM; NANOPARTICLE; OLEIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT;

CENTRIFUGE; CERAMICS; COLLOID; COMPOSITE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FILM; LIGAND; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CENTRIFUGATION; COLLOID; CURRENT DENSITY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84978745376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8772     Document Type: Article

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