2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/105644We investigated CdTe nanocrystal tetrapods of different sizes by resonant inelastic light scattering at room temperature and under cryogenic conditions. We observe a strongly resonant behavior of the phonon scattering with the excitonic structure of the tetrapods. Under resonant conditions we detect a set of phonon modes that can be understood as confined longitudinal-optical phonons, surface-optical phonons, and transverse-optical phonons in a nanowire picture.12 pages, 4 figuresMesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsConfined optical phonon modes in polar tetrapod nanocrystals detected by resonant inelastic light scatteringtext