Size-dependent sedimentation properties of nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-319

  Jamison, Jennifer A ^a   Krueger, Karl M ^a   Yavuz, Cafer T ^a   Mayo, J T ^a   LeCrone, Denise ^a   Redden, Jacina J ^a   Colvin, Vicki L ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Bimodal sample; Cadmium selenide; Iron oxide; Nanocrystal density calculation; Nanocrystals; Polystyrene coated gold

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC COATINGS; POLYSTYRENES; SEDIMENTATION;

ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; DENSITY CALCULATION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION, FIELD FLOW; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 42549111723     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700144m     Document Type: Article

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