Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Characterization

Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-270

  Dorfs, D ^a   Krahne, R ^a   Falqui, A ^a   Manna, L ^a   Giannini, C ^b   Zanchet, D ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Crystal growth; Crystal structure; Electron microscopy; Nanocrystals; Nanoparticles; Quantum dots; Scanning probe; Semiconductors; Spectroscopy; Surfactants; X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884267118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374396-1.00028-3     Document Type: Chapter

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