A stable droplet reactor for high temperature nanocrystal synthesis

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1221-1227

  Nightingale, A M ^a   Krishnadasan, S H ^a   Berhanu, D ^b   Niu, X ^a   Drury, C ^c   McIntyre, R ^c   Valsami Jones, E ^b   Demello, J C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c A Cristal Global Company Grimsby   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; OLEIC ACID; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; FLOW RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79952650358     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0lc00507j     Document Type: Article

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