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Photoluminenscence blinking dynamics of colloidal quantum dots in the presence of controlled external electron traps

Zhihua Xu1, Mircea Cotlet

  • 1Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton New York 11973, USA.

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|December 20, 2011
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Keywords:
charge trapscolloidal quantum dotselectron transferphotoluminescence blinkingsingle-particle spectroscopy

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