Influence of chloride ions on the synthesis of colloidal branched CdSe/CdS nanocrystals by seeded growth

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 11088-11096

  Kim, Mee Rahn ^a   Miszta, Karol ^a   Povia, Mauro ^a   Brescia, Rosaria ^a   Christodoulou, Sotirios ^a   Prato, Mirko ^a   Marras, Sergio ^a   Manna, Liberato ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

branched nanocrystals; chloride ions; colloidal synthesis; impurities; octapods; seeded growth; shape control

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED NANOCRYSTALS; CHLORIDE IONS; COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS; OCTAPODS; SEEDED GROWTH; SHAPE CONTROL;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; IMPURITIES; IONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC SULFIDE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84871590392     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3048846     Document Type: Article

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