Surface chemistry of CdTe quantum dots synthesized in mixtures of phosphonic acids and amines: Formation of a mixed ligand shell

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 13936-13943

  Hassinen, Antti ^a   Gomes, Raquel ^a   De Nolf, Kim ^a   Zhao, Qiang ^b   Vantomme, André ^b   Martins, José C ^a   Hens, Zeger ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS; CDTE QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGAND EXCHANGES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARBOXYLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLEIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMOANALYSIS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84880141497     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4008575     Document Type: Article

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