The research results, «Germanium - Tin / Cadmium Sulfide Core / Shell Nanocrystals with Enhanced Near -
Infrared Photoluminescence,» were published in the American Chemical Society's journal Chemistry of Materials.
Acronyms: XRF = x-ray fluoresencence; RBS = Rutherford Backscattering; XRD = x-ray diffraction; SEM = scanning electron microscopy; AFM = atomic force microcopy; PES = photoelectron spectroscopy, with x-rays (XPS) and ultraviolet (UPS); KP = Kelvin probe measurements, SECM = scanning electrochemical microscopy, PL =
photoluminescence; FTIR = Fourier transform
infrared spectroscopy