Nature of electronic excitations in small non-stoichiometric quantum dots
Manav Bhati, Sergei A. Ivanov, Thomas P. Senftle, Sergei Tretiak, Dibyajyoti Ghosh
Abstract
Low-energy electronic excitations in non-stoichiometric quantum dots (QDs) have a unique charge transfer (CT) character: surface-to-core in anion-rich and core-to-surface in cation-rich QDs.
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Quantum dotStoichiometryCharacter (mathematics)Core (optical fiber)Charge (physics)Electronic structureIonCondensed matter physicsLow energyMaterials sciencePhysicsChemistryNanotechnologyAtomic physicsQuantum mechanicsPhysical chemistryComposite materialMathematicsGeometryQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresSemiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices