Size-tunable, bright, and stable PbS quantum dots: A surface chemistry study

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2004-2012

  Moreels, Iwan ^a   Justo, Yolanda ^a   De Geyter, Bram ^a   Haustraete, Katrien ^a   Martins, José C ^a   Hens, Zeger ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

lead chalcogenide; luminescence spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; semiconductor nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CL- IONS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; LEAD CHALCOGENIDES; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEAN SIZE; MONODISPERSE; NMR DATA; PB IONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; QUANTUM DOT; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SIZE RANGES; SURFACE EXCESS; TRI-N-OCTYLPHOSPHINE;

CHELATION; CHLORINE; IONS; LEAD; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLEIC ACID; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; QUANTUM YIELD; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LEAD; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79952946731     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn103050w     Document Type: Article

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