Microscale synthesis of quantum dots

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 8454-8463

  Nightingale, Adrian M ^a   De Mello, John C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-FLOW; FLUIDIC CHANNELS; MICRO-FLUIDIC REACTORS; MICRO-SCALES; MICROFLUIDIC SYNTHESIS; MICROSCALE SYNTHESIS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SYNTHESIS; SEGMENTED FLOW REACTORS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77957802329     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: 13645501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0jm01221a     Document Type: Article

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