Electronically coupled nanocrystal superlattice films by in situ ligand exchange at the liquid-air interface

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10978-10984

  Dong, Angang ^a,b   Jiao, Yucong ^a   Milliron, Delia J ^b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic coupling; in situ treatment; ligand exchange; liquid air interface; nanocrystal devices; nanocrystal superlattices

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; IN-SITU TREATMENT; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; LIGAND EXCHANGES; LIQUID-AIR INTERFACE; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERLATTICES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84891362410     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404566b     Document Type: Article

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