Three-dimensional binary superlattices of magnetic nanocrystals and semiconductor quantum dots

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6943, 2003, Pages 968-971

  Redl, F X ^a,b   Cho, K S ^a,c   Murray, C B ^a   O'Brien, S ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b 200 SW Mudd Building ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUPERLATTICES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

INTERPARTICLE SPACING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

IRON DERIVATIVE; LEAD; METAL; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNET; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037774679     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01702     Document Type: Article

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