Self-Assembly of Monolayers of Semiconductor Nanocrystallites

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2969-2982

  Rizza, Rosalba ^a   Fitzmaurice, Donald ^a   Hearne, Sean ^b   Hughes, Greg ^b   Spoto, Giuseppe ^c   Ciliberto, Enrico ^c   Kerp, Harald ^d   Schropp, Ruud ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000682999     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm970349u     Document Type: Article

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