Shell thickness modulation in ultrasmall CdSe/CdSxSe 1-x/CdS core/shell quantum dots via 1-thioglycerol

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1913-1922

  Silva, Anielle Christine A ^a   Da Silva, Sebastião W ^b   Morais, Paulo C ^b,c   Dantas, Noelio O ^a  

^a Federal University of Uberlaîndia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

1 thioglycerol concentration; aqueous colloidal solution; CdSe USQDs; CdSe CdS CS USQDs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894620001     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn406478f     Document Type: Article

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