Size-selective growth and stabilization of small CdSe nanoparticles in aqueous solution

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Park, Yeon Su ^a,c   Dmytruk, Andriy ^a   Dmitruk, Igor ^a   Kasuya, Atsuo ^a   Takeda, Motohiro ^b   Ohuchi, Noriaki ^b   Okamoto, Yukihiro ^c   Kaji, Noritada ^c   Tokeshi, Manabu ^c   Baba, Yoshinobu ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous synthesis; Capping molecule; CdSe; Magic cluster; Selective growth; Semiconductor nanoparticle; Stability

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; CAPPING MOLECULES; MAGIC CLUSTERS; SELECTIVE GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIGANDS; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STABILIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

EID: 75749101440     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901570m     Document Type: Article

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