2D self-bundled CdS nanorods with micrometer dimension in the absence of an external directing process

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 750-756

  Kang, Chia Cheng ^a   Lai, Chih Wei ^a   Peng, Hsin Chieh ^a   Shyue, Jing Jong ^b   Chou, Pi Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CdS; Nanocrystal; Nanorod; Self assembly; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; CDS NANORODS; CO-SURFACTANTS; TRIOCTYL PHOSPHINE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; MICROSPHERE; NANOTUBE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 46849119398     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800020h     Document Type: Article

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