Tuning reaction processes for the synthesis of micron and nanometer sized, single crystalline lamellae of copper 7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (Phase II) with large area

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 630-637

  Liu, Yaling ^a,b   Ji, Zhuoyu ^a   Li, Hongxiang ^a   Hu, Wenping ^a   Liu, Yunqi ^a   Zhu, Daoben ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CuTCNQ; Lamellae; Phase II; Single crystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350063670     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9065-0     Document Type: Article

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