Semiconductor nanocrystals: Structure, properties, and band gap engineering

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-200

  Smith, Andrew M ^a   Nie, Shuming ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; TELLURIUM; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77249113775     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar9001069     Document Type: Article

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