Assembly of CuIn 1-xGa xS 2 nanorods into highly ordered 2D and 3D superstructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6977-6983

  Singh, Ajay ^a,b   Coughlan, Claudia ^a,b   Laffir, Fathima ^a   Ryan, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a Materials and Surface Science Institute   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CIGS; CIS; nanocrystal; nanorod; perpendicular assembly; supra crystal

Indexed keywords

CIGS; CIS; DIMENSIONAL CONTROL; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; END TO END; LIGAND EXCHANGES; NANOROD ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; SUPRA-CRYSTAL;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOCRYSTALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NANORODS;

COPPER; COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE; GALLIUM; INDIUM; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; GALLIUM; INDIUM; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SELENIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84865579644     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301999b     Document Type: Article

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