Green chemical approaches to ZnSe quantum dots: Preparation, characterisation and formation mechanism

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-117

  Chen, Lanlan ^a   Jiang, Yang ^a   Wang, Chun ^a   Liu, Xinmei ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Jie, Jiansheng ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Green chemistry; II VI group semiconductors; Quantum dots; ZnSe

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FLOWER-SHAPED; FORMATION MECHANISM; FORMATION PROCESS; GREEN CHEMICALS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; INJECTION TEMPERATURE; MONODISPERSE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM EFFECTS; REACTION PARAMETERS; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; SYNTHETIC SIZE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TUNABILITIES; ZINC-BLENDE;

AMIDES; GROWTH KINETICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SIZING (FINISHING OPERATION); ZINC;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

INORGANIC SALT; N,N DIMETHYLOLEOYLAMIDE; OLEIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC OLEATE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77951577048     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080903314022     Document Type: Article

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