Graded core/shell semiconductor nanorods and nanorod barcodes

Alivisatos, A Paul; Scher, Erik C; Manna, Liberato

Title: Graded core/shell semiconductor nanorods and nanorod barcodes

Patent · Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:988147

Alivisatos, A Paul ^[1]; Scher, Erik C ^[2]; Manna, Liberato ^[3]

Oakland, CA
San Francisco, CA
Palo Del Collie, IT

Disclosed herein is a graded core/shell semiconductor nanorod having at least a first segment of a core of a Group II-VI, Group III-V or a Group IV semiconductor, a graded shell overlying the core, wherein the graded shell comprises at least two monolayers, wherein the at least two monolayers each independently comprise a Group II-VI, Group III-V or a Group IV semiconductor.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 7,534,488

Application Number:: 10/659,992

OSTI ID:: 988147

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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