Facile capping CdS and ZnS shells by thermolysis of ethylxanthate precursors for CdSe/CdS/ZnS nanocrystals

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 574-579

  Ge, Meiying ^a   Yue, Yang ^a   Liu, Yufeng ^a   Wu, Jie ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Dai, Ning ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CdSe nanocrystals; CdSe CdS ZnS nanocrystals; Core shell; Ethylxanthate

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SURFACE STRUCTURE; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

AIR-STABLE; CAPPING PROCESS; CDS; CDSE NANOCRYSTALS; CDSE/CDS/ZNS NANOCRYSTALS; CORE SIZE; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; ETHYLXANTHATE; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; REACTION TEMPERATURE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFATE; ETHYLXANTHATE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOSHELL; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79959742179     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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