Microwave-assisted synthesis of water-dispersed CdTe/CdSe core/shell type II quantum dots

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-7

  Sai, Li Man ^a   Kong, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; DECAY LIFE-TIME; FACILE SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; PHOTO-LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; TYPE II QUANTUM DOTS; WATER-DISPERSED;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84856035612     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-399     Document Type: Article

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