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- Page 37 and 38: ABBREVIATIONS BET BQ CB CCD CdS CdT
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43 and rate of charge transfer acro
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45 1.32 P. V. Kamat, J. Phys. Chem.
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47 Chapter 2
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49 chemical species. Since a partic
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51 fluorescence forms an important
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53 eliminated by use of standard wh
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55 sample. Raman spectroscopy is ba
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57 will appear bright and region wi
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59 volatile solvent is drop casted
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61 spots arise from diffraction fro
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63 The electrical signal is then ch
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65 delayed and inverted. The two si
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67 Pump-probe technique is one of t
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69 Amplifier Jade Stretcher fs Osci
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71 Figure 2.6. Optical layout of Ti
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73 Grating Convex Mirror Concave Mi
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75 changes the polarization from ho
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77 Grating Output Input Mirror Grat
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79 μJ has a very high peak power.
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81 2.6. Dynamical Theory of X-Ray D
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83 Chapter 3
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85 Therefore the study of interfaci
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87 3. 2. Experimental Section 3.2.1
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89 and intensity show absence of ot
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91 which is also neutral; therefore
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93 electron transfer times. This re
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95 r B a * 0 3.1 me / me Now the
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97 nonadiabatic case the electron t
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99 drastically reduced leading to a
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101 While the study of injection dy
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103 study. Based on the injection d
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105 17. L. E. Brus, J. Phys. Chem.
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107 Chapter 4
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109 of the QDs. As a result surface
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111 4.2.2. Synthesis: The CdTe QDs
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113 lower hole state. In CdSe the l
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115 4.2 inset. The kinetic traces a
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117 growth of the bleach kinetics (
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119 previous section we have discus
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121 lived charge transfer complex w
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123 100 times concentration of the
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125 4.5. References 4.1. Efros, Al.
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127 Chapter 5
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129 been made in the synthesis of t
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131 metallic synthesis by arrested
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133 5.3. Result and discussion: 5.3
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135 indicating a confinement induce
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137 absorption studies that on form
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139 1000 c b PL Intensity 100 10 a
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141 samples due to a very weak exci
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143 dynamical spectrum is negligibl
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145 Earlier authors [5.4] reported
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147 Sample t r(ps) t 1(ps) t 2(ps)
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149 In addition to the cooling dyna
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151 pulse-width time scale followed
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153 5.20. Sreejith Kaniyankandy, Sa
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155 CHAPTER 6 Charge Separation in
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157 Studies by Wang et. al. [6.15]
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159 graphene in a 1M NaOH solution.
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161 Intensity (a.u.) 5 4 3 2 1 CdTe
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163 dynamics of graphene oxide and
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165 GO as shown in the Figure 3 rev
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167 electron acceptor for Graphene.
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169 governs the recombination dynam
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171 Sample τ 1 (ps) τ 2 (ps) τ 3
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173 A (mO.D) 10.0 0.0 -10.0 -20.0 0
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175 involved in the relaxation may
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177 Electron quencher (benzoquinone
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179 Scheme 6.1. Schematic of Electr
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181 6.6. Reina, A.; Jia, X.; Ho, J.
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183 6.26. Kaiser, A. B.; Navarro, C
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185 assigned to injection into diff
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187 transfer from CdSe core to ZnTe
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189 However the position of bands i