Molecular mechanism of monodisperse colloidal tin-doped indium oxide nanocrystals by a hot-injection approach

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Jin, Yizheng ^a,b,c   Yi, Qing ^a   Ren, Yuping ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Ye, Zhizhen ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FTIR; ITO; Molecular mechanism; Nanocrystals; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGANDS; OPTICAL LATTICES; ORGANOMETALLICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN OXIDES;

COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; FTIR; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; PRECURSOR CONVERSION; REACTION PATHWAYS; SYNTHETIC PROTOCOLS; TIN DOPED INDIUM OXIDE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84876929971     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-153     Document Type: Article

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