Theoretical and experimental insights into the surface chemistry of semiconductor quantum dots

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 15450-15456

  Margraf, Johannes T ^a   Ruland, Andrés ^a   Sgobba, Vito ^a   Guldi, Dirk M ^a   Clark, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; SEMI-EMPIRICAL;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84890376039     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la403633e     Document Type: Article

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