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Title: Epitaxial Dimers and Auger-Assisted Detrapping in PbS Quantum Dot Solids

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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1638094
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OSTI ID: 1532802
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0010538; SC0019345; SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Matter
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Matter Journal Volume: 1 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2590-2385
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Gilmore, Rachel H., Liu, Yun, Shcherbakov-Wu, Wenbi, Dahod, Nabeel S., Lee, Elizabeth M. Y., Weidman, Mark C., Li, Huashan, Jean, Joel, Bulović, Vladimir, Willard, Adam P., Grossman, Jeffrey C., and Tisdale, William A. Epitaxial Dimers and Auger-Assisted Detrapping in PbS Quantum Dot Solids. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.matt.2019.05.015.
Gilmore, Rachel H., Liu, Yun, Shcherbakov-Wu, Wenbi, Dahod, Nabeel S., Lee, Elizabeth M. Y., Weidman, Mark C., Li, Huashan, Jean, Joel, Bulović, Vladimir, Willard, Adam P., Grossman, Jeffrey C., & Tisdale, William A. Epitaxial Dimers and Auger-Assisted Detrapping in PbS Quantum Dot Solids. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.05.015
Gilmore, Rachel H., Liu, Yun, Shcherbakov-Wu, Wenbi, Dahod, Nabeel S., Lee, Elizabeth M. Y., Weidman, Mark C., Li, Huashan, Jean, Joel, Bulović, Vladimir, Willard, Adam P., Grossman, Jeffrey C., and Tisdale, William A. Mon . "Epitaxial Dimers and Auger-Assisted Detrapping in PbS Quantum Dot Solids". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.05.015.
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year = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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