Size-dependent photoluminescence properties of bare ZnO and polyethylene imine stabilized ZnO nanoparticles and their Langmuir-Blodgett films

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 364, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Ábrahám, Nóra ^a   Dékány, Imre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Langmuir Blodgett film; Photoluminescence; Size dependence; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FILM PREPARATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AFM IMAGE; CHEMICAL METHOD; DIFFERENT SIZES; EMISSION PROPERTIES; LANGMUIR BLODGETT TECHNIQUES; LB FILMS; MULTI-LAYERED FILMS; PARTICLE GROWTH; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE IMINES; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; SURFACE STABILIZATION; UV-VIS ABSORBANCE; UV-VIS ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS; VISIBLE EMISSIONS; XRD MEASUREMENTS; ZNO; ZNO NANOCRYSTAL; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953873720     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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