Core-shell hybrid nanoparticles with functionalized quantum dots and ionic dyes: Growth, monolayer formation, and electrical bistability

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1930-1938

  Das, Bikas C ^a   Pal, Amlan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bistable nanodevices; Charge confinement; Core shell nanoparticles; Electrical bistability; Monolayer formation; Organic inorganic hybrid nanoparticles; Scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

BISTABLE NANODEVICES; CHARGE CONFINEMENT; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRICAL BISTABILITY; MONOLAYER FORMATION; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

COLORING AGENT; ION; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 54249104113     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800335f     Document Type: Article

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