Spectroscopic investigations of CdTe quantum dot stability in different aqueous media;CdTe kvantinių taškų stabilumo vandeninė se terpė se spektroskopiniai tyrimai

Lithuanian Journal of Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Kulvietis, V ^a   Streckyte, G ^b   Rotomskis, R ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Ions; pH; Photoluminescence; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961223665     PISSN: 16488504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3952/lithjphys.51206     Document Type: Article

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