Homogeneously alloyed CdSxSe1-x nanocrystals: Synthesis, characterization, and composition/size-dependent band gap

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 12299-12306

  Swafford, Laura A ^a   Weigand, Lauren A ^a   Bowers II, Michael J ^a   McBride, James R ^a   Rapaport, Jason L ^a   Watt, Tony L ^b   Dixit, Sriram K ^b   Feldman, Leonard C ^a,b   Rosenthal, Sandra J ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BAND GAP; NANOSCALE ENGINEERING; SPHERICAL NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ALLOY; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; NANOCRYSTAL; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFUR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33748851902     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja063939e     Document Type: Article

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