Effect of Core/Shell Interface on Carrier Dynamics and Optical Gain Properties of Dual-Color Emitting CdSe/CdS Nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 6877-6887

  Pinchetti, Valerio ^a   Meinardi, Francesco ^a   Camellini, Andrea ^b   Sirigu, Gianluca ^b   Christodoulou, Sotirios ^c   Bae, Wan Ki ^e   De Donato, Francesco ^c   Manna, Liberato ^c   Zavelani Rossi, Margherita ^b,d   Moreels, Iwan ^c   Klimov, Victor I ^e   Brovelli, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

amplified spontaneous emission; core shell heterostructures; dual emission; exciton dynamics; interface structure; nanocrystal quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COLOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FREONS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ZINC SULFIDE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; CORE/SHELL; DUAL EMISSIONS; EXCITON DYNAMICS; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; NANOCRYSTAL QUANTUM DOTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84979982386     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02635     Document Type: Article

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