Bandgap Engineering of Indium Phosphide-Based Core/Shell Heterostructures Through Shell Composition and Thickness

Toufanian, Reyhaneh; Piryatinski, Andrei; Mahler, Andrew H.; Iyer, Radhika; Hollingsworth, Jennifer A.; Dennis, Allison M.

doi:10.3389/fchem.2018.00567

Title: Bandgap Engineering of Indium Phosphide-Based Core/Shell Heterostructures Through Shell Composition and Thickness

Journal Article · 19 November 2018 · Frontiers in Chemistry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00567 · OSTI ID:1482841

Toufanian, Reyhaneh; Piryatinski, Andrei; Mahler, Andrew H.; Iyer, Radhika; Hollingsworth, Jennifer A.; Dennis, Allison M.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1482841

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-20931; LA-UR-18-28366; 567

Journal Information:: Frontiers in Chemistry, Journal Name: Frontiers in Chemistry Vol. 6; ISSN 2296-2646

Publisher:: Frontiers Media SACopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

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