Intrinsic focusing of the particle size distribution in colloids containing nanocrystals of two different crystal phases

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 11242-11254

  Voss, Benjamin ^a   Haase, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

nanoparticle growth; Ostwald ripening; Ostwald's step rule; upconversion

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SYSTEM; CRYSTAL PHASIS; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; OSTWALD'S STEP RULE; POLYMORPHIC SYSTEM; STABLE PHASE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UP-CONVERSION;

COLLOIDS; OSTWALD RIPENING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EUROPIUM; NANOPARTICLE; OLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLEIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84891361571     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405026w     Document Type: Article

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