Synthesis of germanium nanocrystals in high temperature supercritical fluid solvents

Nano Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 969-974

  Lu, Xianmao ^a   Ziegler, Kirk J ^a   Ghezelbash, Ali ^a   Johnston, Keith P ^a   Korgel, Brian A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; HEXANE; LIGAND; OCTANOL; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLVENT EFFECT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 2642515350     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl049831j     Document Type: Article

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