Preparation of ultrafine chalcopyrite nanoparticles via the photochemical decomposition of molecular single-source precursors

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1218-1223

  Nairn, Justin J ^a   Shapiro, Pamela J ^a   Twamley, Brendan ^a   Pounds, Tyler ^b   Von Wandruszka, Ray ^a   Rick Fletcher, T ^a   Williams, Mark ^a   Wang, Chongmin ^c   Grant Norton, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER-RICH COMPOSITION; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (HRTEM); SINGLE SOURCE PRECURSOR; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ABSORPTION; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33745738865     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl060661f     Document Type: Article

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