A general strategy for nanocrystal synthesis

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7055, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Wang, Xun ^a,b   Zhuang, Jing ^a,b   Peng, Qing ^a,b   Li, Yadong ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

INORGANIC QUANTUM DOTS; MATERIALS FABRICATION; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 27744542187     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03968     Document Type: Article

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