Role of initial morphology in H2S treated cadmium arachidate Langmuir - Blodgett films

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 104-110

  Islam, A K M Maidul ^a   Mukherjee, M ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium arachidate; Cadmium sulfide nanoparticles; Langmuir Blodgett film; Sulfidation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

AFM; BLODGETT FILMS; CADMIUM SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES; CDS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; INITIAL MORPHOLOGY; LANGMUIRS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MATRIX; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENT; NONUNIFORMITY; OUT-OF-PLANE; POST-SULFIDATION; SULFIDATION; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; X RAY REFLECTIVITY;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TIME; X RAY;

EID: 79960621373     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.05.054     Document Type: Article

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