Size-controlled growth of CdSe nanocrystals in microfluidic reactors

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-201

  Chan, Emory M ^a   Mathies, Richard A ^a   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECURSOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0141516596     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0259481     Document Type: Article

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