Photo-induced flexible semiconductor CdSe/CdS quantum rods alignment

Wanlong Zhang; Julian Schneider; Maksym F. Prodanov; Valerii V. Vashchenko; Andrey L. Rogach; Xiaocong Yuan; Abhishek K. Srivastava

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/44/9/092605

Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 44, Issue 9, 092605(2023)

Photo-induced flexible semiconductor CdSe/CdS quantum rods alignment

Wanlong Zhang^1、*, Julian Schneider³, Maksym F. Prodanov², Valerii V. Vashchenko², Andrey L. Rogach³, Xiaocong Yuan¹, and Abhishek K. Srivastava^2、**

Author Affiliations

¹Nanophotonics Research Center, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²State Key Laboratory of Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies, Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China

³Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

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Category: Articles

Received: Aug. 14, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Oct. 25, 2023

The Author Email: Zhang Wanlong (zwl@szu.edu.cn), Srivastava Abhishek K. (eeabhishek@ust.hk)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/44/9/092605

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