Role of interligand coupling in determining the interfacial electronic structure of colloidal CDS quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1395-1403

  Harris, Rachel D ^a   Amin, Victor A ^a   Lau, Bryan ^a   Weiss, Emily A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dithiocarbamate; Exciton delocalization; Ligand ligand coupling; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CDS QUANTUM DOTS(QDS); CONFINEMENT BARRIERS; DITHIOCARBAMATES; EXCITON DELOCALIZATION; INTERFACIAL ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGAND COUPLING; SPHERICAL POTENTIALS; STATISTICAL MODELING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84989926896     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06837     Document Type: Article

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