Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy Confirms Controlled Synthesis of Cadmium Sulfide Nanocrystals within Lecithin Vesicles

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2116-2119

  Kennedy, Michael T ^b   Korgel, Brian A ^a   Monbouquette, Harold G ^a   Zasadzinski, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0000315757     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm970744k     Document Type: Article

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