Monodisperse SnS nanocrystals: In just 5 seconds

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 3929-3934

  Patra, Biplab K ^a   Sarkar, Suresh ^a   Guria, Amit K ^a   Pradhan, Narayan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

density of nucleation; fast reaction; nanocubes; nanotetrahedron; photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; FAST REACTION; GROWTH MECHANISMS; NANOCUBES; NANOTETRAHEDRON; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DYE DEGRADATIONS; REACTION PARAMETERS;

NUCLEATION; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84888313559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402294x     Document Type: Article

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