Uniform thickness and colloidal-stable CdS quantum disks with tunable thickness: Synthesis and properties

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 337-351

  Li, Zheng ^a   Qin, Haiyan ^b   Guzun, Dorel ^a   Benamara, Mourad ^a   Salamo, Gregory ^a   Peng, Xiaogang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

basal planes; CdS; nucleation growth; one dimensional quantum confinement; photoluminescence lifetime; quantum disks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860895451     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0214-5     Document Type: Article

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