Non-heavy-metal ZnS quantum dots with bright blue photoluminescence by a one-step aqueous synthesis

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Li, Hui ^a   Shih, Wan Y ^b   Shih, Wei Heng ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

BIOIMAGING; HYDROTHERMAL ANNEALING; TRAP-STATE EMISSIONS; ZINC BLENDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC SULFIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; IMAGING; NANOCHEMISTRY; PH; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34247488822     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/20/205604     Document Type: Article

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