Highly reactive, flexible yet green Se precursor for metal selenide nanocrystals: Se-octadecene suspension (Se-SUS)

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 652-670

  Pu, Chaodan ^a   Zhou, Jianhai ^a   Lai, Runchen ^a   Niu, Yuan ^a   Nan, Wennuan ^a   Peng, Xiaogang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

metal selenide nanocrystals; selenium precursor; selenium suspension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883788582     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0341-7     Document Type: Article

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