Sequential thermal decomposition of the shell of cubic ZnS/Zn(OH) 2 core-shell quantum dots observed with Mn2+ probing ions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 22017-22028

  Nistor, Sergiu V ^a   Ghica, Daniela ^a   Stefan, Mariana ^a   Nistor, Leona C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEHYDRATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; DISORDERED STRUCTURES; MULTIFREQUENCY ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENTIAL DECOMPOSITION; SURFACE CENTERS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS; THERMALLY INDUCED;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84886669640     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4063093     Document Type: Article

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