Tuning the postfocused size of colloidal nanocrystals by the reaction rate: From theory to application

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-53

  Abe, Sofie ^a   Čapek, Richard Karel ^a,b   De Geyter, Bram ^a   Hens, Zeger ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CdSe; colloidal synthesis; nucleation rate; postfocused size; quantum dots; reaction modeling; size tuning

Indexed keywords

CDSE; COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS; NUCLEATION RATE; POSTFOCUSED SIZE; QUANTUM DOT; SIZE TUNING;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; MONOMERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; REACTION RATES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84856163858     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204008q     Document Type: Article

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