Efficient synthesis of PbTe nanoparticle networks

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 685-693

  Xiao, Qiangfeng ^a   Weng, Ding ^a   Yang, Zhenglong ^a   Garay, Javier ^b   Zhang, Minjuan ^c   Lu, Yunfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

carbohydrate; core shell structures; Lead telluride; nanoparticle; network; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957905894     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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