Solvothermal synthesis, growth mechanism, and photoluminescence property of sub-micrometer PbS anisotropic structures

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Cao, Yali ^a   Hu, Pengfei ^b   Jia, Dianzeng ^a  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Crystal growth; Nanostructures; Photoluminescence; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MICROMETERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANISOTROPIC MICROSTRUCTURES; ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; FACE CENTERED CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875302244     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-668     Document Type: Article

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