Synthesis of CdS nanoparticles with enhanced optical properties

Materials Characterization

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Singh, Vineet ^a   Sharma, P K ^a   Chauhan, Pratima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Optical property; Photoluminescence; Transmission electron microscopy; UV Vis absorption

Indexed keywords

AS ANNEALING; CADMIUM SULPHIDE; CAPPING REAGENTS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD; CRYSTALLINITIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXTRINSIC STACKING FAULT; INTERFACE DISLOCATION; INTRINSIC STACKING FAULT; LATTICE FRINGES; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; RAMAN AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIZE TUNABILITY; THIOGLYCEROL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TWIN BOUNDARIES; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; STACKING FAULTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78751577778     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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