EuS nanocrystals: A novel synthesis for the generation of monodisperse nanocrystals with size-dependent optical properties

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 41, 2010, Pages

  Koktysh, Dmitry S ^a,b   Somarajan, Suseela ^a,b   He, Weidong ^b   Harrison, Melissa A ^b   McGill, Stephen A ^c   Dickerson, James H ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUESHIFTS; DEVICE APPLICATION; DIETHYLAMMONIUM DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE; DODECANETHIOLS; EXCITON TRANSITIONS; MONOCRYSTALLINE; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE NANOCRYSTALS; OLEYLAMINE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PHENANTHROLINES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SIZE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC CONDITIONS;

EUROPIUM; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77958538134     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/41/415601     Document Type: Article

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