Tuning the synthesis of ternary lead chalcogenide quantum dots by balancing precursor reactivity

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Smith, Danielle K ^a   Luther, Joseph M ^a   Semonin, Octavi E ^a,b   Nozik, Arthur J ^a,b   Beard, Matthew C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloys; Colloidal quantum dots; Heterostructures; Lead chalcogenides; Nanoparticles; Ternary

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDE PRECURSOR; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; LEAD CHALCOGENIDES; PBTE; RELATIVE REACTION RATES; SIZE CONTROL; TERNARY; TRIMETHYLSILYL;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CHALCOGENIDES; LEAD; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NEGATIVE IONS; OLEIC ACID; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; REACTION RATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ALLOY; CHALCOGEN; LEAD; OLEIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALLOYS; CHALCOGENS; LEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OLEIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79952781813     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102878u     Document Type: Article

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