Surfaces of colloidal PbSe nanocrystals probed by thin-film positron annihilation spectroscopy

APL Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Chai, L ^a   Al Sawai, W ^b   Gao, Y ^a,c   Houtepen, A J ^a   Mijnarends, P E ^a,b   Barbiellini, B ^b   Schut, H ^a   Van Schaarenburg, L C ^a   Van Huis, M A ^c   Ravelli, L ^d   Egger, W ^d   Kaprzyk, S ^b,d   Bansil, A ^b   Eijt, S W H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 84899727509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2166532X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4818001     Document Type: Article

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