Probing the size- and environment-induced phase transformation in CdSe quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2925-2929

  Karakoti, Ajay S ^a   Sanghavi, Shail ^a   Nachimuthu, Ponnusamy ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPING LIGANDS; CDSE QDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CORE LEVELS; DROP-CASTING; HEXADECYLAMINE; IN-SITU; MICRO X RAY DIFFRACTION; MICRODIFFRACTIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION; WURTZITE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA; ZINC BLENDE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

BINDING ENERGY; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DROPS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; METADATA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TOLUENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC CASTINGS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 81755177558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201243t     Document Type: Article

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