PbTe nanocrystal arrays on graphene and the structural influence of capping ligands

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1567-1575

  Robertson, Alex W ^a   Ford, Camden ^a   He, Kuang ^a   Kirkland, Angus I ^a   Watt, Andrew A R ^a   Warner, Jamie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTEM; electron microscopy; HRTEM; nanocrystal; PbTe; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894663420     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm403373q     Document Type: Article

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