Study of colloidal quantum-dot surfaces using an innovative thin-film positron 2d-acar method

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-26

  Eijt, Stephan W H ^a   Mijnarends, Peter E ^b   Denison, Art B ^c   Barbieluni, Bernardo ^b   Bansil, Arun ^b  

^a Tom)   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33644844850     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1550     Document Type: Article

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