Zinc-histidine as nucleation centers for growth of ZnS nanocrystals

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-35

  Kho, Richard ^a   Nguyen, Liem ^a   Torres Martínez, Claudia L ^a   Mehra, Rajesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Histidine; Nanocrystal; Photocatalysis; Size exclusion chromatography; Zinc; ZnS

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; NITROPHENOL; PARAQUAT; SULFIDE; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0034720449     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2712     Document Type: Article

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