Sonochemical synthesis and measurement of optical properties of zinc sulfide quantum dots

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 209, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-117

  Goharshadi, Elaheh K ^a   Sajjadi, Sayyed Hashem ^b   Mehrkhah, Roya ^a   Nancarrow, Paul ^c  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band gap; Ionic liquid; Optical properties; Sonochemical method; Zinc sulfide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BANDGAPS; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; SONOCHEMICAL METHOD; SONOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR; XRD; ZINC SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNS NANOCRYSTALS;

DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SONOCHEMISTRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84865310091     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.131     Document Type: Article

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