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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
The ability to tailor the properties of semiconductor nanocrystals through creating core/shell heterostructures is the cornerstone for their diverse application in nanotechnology. The band-offsets between the heterostructure components are determining parameters for their optoelectronic properties, dictating for example the degree of charge-carrier separation and localization. So far, however, no method was reported for direct measurement of these factors in colloidal nanocrystals and only indirect information could be derived from optical measurements. Here we demonstrate that scanning tunneling spectroscopy along with theoretical modeling can be used to determine band-offsets in such nanostructures. Applying this approach to CdSe/CdS quantum-dot/nanorod core/shell nanocrystals portrays its type I band structure where both the hole and electron ground state are localized in the CdSe core, in contrast to …
Publisher: 
American Chemical Society
Publication date: 
10 Sep 2008
Authors: 

Dov Steiner, Dirk Dorfs, Uri Banin, Fabio Della Sala, Liberato Manna, Oded Millo

Biblio References: 
Volume: 8 Issue: 9 Pages: 2954-2958
Origin: 
Nano letters