Formation mechanism and properties of CdS-Ag2S nanorod superlattices

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 627-636

  Demchenko, Denis O ^a   Robinson, Richard D ^a   Sadtler, Bryce ^a,b   Erdonmez, Can K ^b   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b   Wang, Lin Wang ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; CdS Ag2S; Nanorod superlattices; Ordering; Strain

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SILVER;

(PL) PROPERTIES; FORMATION MECHANISMS; MECHANISM OF FORMATION;

MECHANISMS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOTUBE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 46849111997     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700381y     Document Type: Article

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