The spontaneous-emission lifetime of CdSe/CdS core-shell quantum dots was studied as a function of the distance between the dots and a polished Si surface. The experimental results reveal a significant modification of the spontaneous-emission rate of the quantum dots by the Si surface.

A quantum dot sensitized solar cell based on a porous ZrO(2) film, sensitized with CdSe quantum dots using CdS as an intermediate layer is presented. We observe electron injection from photo-excited quantum dots into the ZrO(2), which is unexpected due to the much higher conduction band edge (closer to the vacuum level) of bulk ZrO(2) compared to TiO(2).

This paper reports a study of photooxidation and photomodification processes of the CdTe/CdS quantum dots embedded in a polymer matrix under ambient condition. During the first few minutes of irradiation, the quasi-inverse increase in photoluminescence intensity has been observed indicating the passivation of the nanocrystal surface traps by water molecules. A prolonged irradiation of the polym...

The preparation of fluorescent nanocomposite materials with tunable emission wavelengths by combining cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) with inorganic nanoparticles is important for promoting CNFs applications. A CNF/CdS nanocomposite was prepared via in situ compositing at room temperature on oxidized CNFs with CdS quantum dots. By controlling the -COOH/Cd2+ ratio on the CNF, the feeding time of Na...

in this paper‎, ‎we introduce the notion of $(m,n)$-‎algebr‎aically compact modules as an analogue of algebraically‎ ‎compact modules and then we show that $(m,n)$-algebraically‎ ‎compactness‎ ‎and $(m,n)$-pure injectivity for modules coincide‎. ‎moreover‎, ‎further characterizations of a‎ ‎$(m,n)$-pure injective module over a commutative ring are given‎.

Let E be an ideal of Lo over a σ-finite measure space (Ω,Σ, μ), and let (X, ‖ ·‖X) be a real Banach space. Let E(X) be a subspace of the space Lo(X) of μ-equivalence classes of all strongly Σ-measurable functions f : Ω −→ X and consisting of all those f ∈ Lo(X) for which the scalar function ‖f(·)‖X belongs to E. Let E(X)n stand for the order continuous dual of E(X). In this paper we characteriz...

the polarimetric entropy and the alpha angle are two important parameters for analyzing polarimetric synthetic aperture radar data. they demonstrate the degree of randomness in the polarization of the received signal and scattering mechanism of scatterers respectively. recently, there has been an increasing interest in compact polarimetry due to its advantages in comparison with full polarimetr...

If K is a nonempty compact subset of X and f : X → [−∞,∞] is lower semicontinuous, there is some x0 ∈ K such that f(x0) = infx∈K f(x). A rate function is a function I : X → [0,∞] such that (i) there is some x ∈ X with I(x) <∞ and (ii) for any c ∈ [0,∞], f−1([0, c]) is compact (namely, the sublevel sets of I are compact). Condition (ii) implies that a rate function is lower semicontinuous. For S...