Enhanced photonic stability of GaAs in aqueous electrolyte using alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers and postprocessing with ammonium sulfide

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2891-2895

  Arudra, Palani ^a   Marshall, Gregory M ^a   Liu, Neng ^a   Dubowski, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOLS; AMMONIUM SULFIDE; AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; BIOSENSING; GAAS; GAAS(001); HEXADECANETHIOL; IN-SITU; PASSIVATION METHODS; PBS SOLUTION; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE SOLUTIONS; PL EMISSION; PL INTENSITY; QUANTUM SEMICONDUCTORS; SAMS; SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; SULFUR CONTENTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84856519430     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp208604v     Document Type: Review

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