Aqueous synthesis and characterization of CdS quantum dots capped with some amino acids and investigations of their photocatalytic activities

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 447, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-119

  Samadi maybodi, Abdolraouf ^a   Abbasi, Fatemeh ^a   Akhoondi, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Capping agent; Photocatalysis; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACIDS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CAPPING AGENT; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

ALANINE; ALIZARIN; CADMIUM SULFIDE; HISTIDINE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SERINE;

ABSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84894245274     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.01.036     Document Type: Article

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