Antisolvent crystallization approach to construction of CuI superstructures with defined geometries

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2820-2828

  Kozhummal, Rajeevan ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Güder, Firat ^a   Küçükbayrak, Umut M ^a   Zacharias, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

adsorbent; antisolvent crystallization; cuprous iodide; organic additives; superstructures

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SOLVENT CRYSTALLIZATION; COORDINATION EFFECTS; CUPROUS IODIDE; ORGANIC ADDITIVES; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; SUPERSTRUCTURE FORMATION; SUPERSTRUCTURES;

ADSORBENTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LASERS; POROUS MATERIALS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84875663969     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4003902     Document Type: Article

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