Scalable single-step noninjection synthesis of high-quality core/shell quantum dots with emission tunable from violet to near infrared

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 11066-11073

  Zhang, Wenjin ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Feng, Yaoyu ^a   Zhong, Xinhua ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

one pot noninjection synthesis; photoluminescence; quantum dots; scalable synthesis

Indexed keywords

AIR-STABLE; ALLOY STRUCTURES; AQUEOUS MEDIA; BATCH REACTIONS; CDS; CDSE; CDTE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CORE/SHELL; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; FACILE PREPARATION; HIGH QUALITY; LIGAND EXCHANGES; LUMINESCENCE COLOR; NEAR INFRARED; NON-INJECTION; OCTADECENE; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBLE PRODUCTION; SCALABLE SYNTHESIS; SHELL MATERIALS; SINGLE-STEP; SYNTHETIC APPROACH;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED RAYS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84871540268     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304765k     Document Type: Article

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