Patterning semiconductor nanocrystals in polymer films

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3105-3110

  Paquet, Chantal ^a   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERIZATION; VISCOSITY;

NC-MONOMER MIXTURE; POLYMERIZATION-INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZING MIXTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 36048983223     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200700409     Document Type: Article

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