Carrier dynamics within semiconductor nanocrystals

• Main Author: Fairclough, Simon Michael
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Oxford 2012
• Subjects: alloy; blinking; core-shell nanoparticles; nanocrystals; Nanomaterials; nanoparticle; Nanostructures; quantum dots; semiconductor nanocrystals; strain; type-II heterojunction

This thesis explores how the carrier dynamics within semiconductor nanocrystals can be directly engineered through specific core-shell design. Emphasis is placed on how material characteristics, such as strain or alloying at a core-shell interface, can influence the exciton energies and the recombin...