Growth of nanocrystals and thin films at the water-oil interface

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1927, 2010, Pages 4313-4330

  Stansfield, G L ^a   Vanitha, P V ^a   Johnston, H M ^a   Fan, D ^a   AlQahtani, H ^b   Hague, L ^b   Grell, M ^b   Thomas, P John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Au thin films; CdS nanocrystals; Oil water interface

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; NANOCRYSTALS; SILVER; THIN FILMS; TOLUENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; AU NANOCRYSTALS; AU THIN FILMS; CDS NANOCRYSTALS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; INORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; OIL WATER INTERFACES; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-STEP; SOLID SUBSTRATES; WATER OIL INTERFACE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77958064350     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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