Effect of pH, aging, and drying on the size of CdS nanocrystallites, monolithicity, and transparency of nanocrystalline CdS-doped silica xerogels

Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-18

  Rao, A Parvathy ^a   Pajonk, G M ^b   Rao, A Venkateswara ^a  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INST DE RECHERCHES SUR LA CATALYSE   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis; Poly condensation; Quantum size effect; Semiconductors; Silica matrix

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGING OF MATERIALS; CATALYSTS; COLOR; DRYING; HEATING; PH EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPARENCY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALCOGELS; ALCOSOL; CADMIUM ACETATE; EHANOLIC TETRAETHYLORTHOSILICATE; MONOLITHICITY; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRA; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECT; SOL-GEL METHOD; THIOUREA; XEROGELS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0035241110     PISSN: 10647562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011378413488     Document Type: Article

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