Electrostatic Control of Excitonic Energies and Dynamics in a CdS Quantum Dot through Reversible Protonation of Its Ligands

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 3954-3960

  Thompson, Christopher M ^a   Kodaimati, Mohamad ^a   Westmoreland, Dana ^a   Calzada, Raul ^a   Weiss, Emily A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BATHOCHROMIC SHIFT; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS(QDS); ELECTROSTATIC CONTROL; EXCITONIC ENERGY; NEGATIVE CHARGE; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION RATE; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84990019671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01899     Document Type: Article

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