Charge Transfer-Induced State Filling in CdSe Quantum Dot-Alizarin Complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 2613-2619

  Dworak, Lars ^a   Roth, Sina ^a   Wachtveitl, Josef ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALIZARIN; BLEACHING; CHARGE TRANSFER; CLEANING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITED STATES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOEXCITATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; EXCITONIC TRANSITION; INORGANIC-ORGANIC; PHOTOINDUCED PROCESS; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 85026712590     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12265     Document Type: Article

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