Shape control of CdSe nanocrystals

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6773, 2000, Pages 59-61

  Peng, Xiaogang ^a   Manna, Liberato ^a   Yang, Weidong ^a   Wickham, Juanita ^a   Scher, Erik ^a   Kadavanich, Andreas ^a   Alivisatos, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; PHOSPHINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SELENIDE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTRUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034594990     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35003535     Document Type: Article

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