Colloidal branched semiconductor nanocrystals: State of the art and perspectives

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1387-1396

  Li, Hongbo ^a   Kanaras, Antonios G ^b   Manna, Liberato ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84880254020     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar3002409     Document Type: Review

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