Review: Three synthesis methods of CdX (X = Se, S or Te) quantum dots

IET Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 59-76

  Farkhani, Samad Mussa ^a   Valizadeh, Alireza ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; HEAVY METALS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; ORGANOMETALLICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC SURFACTANTS; ORGANOMETALLIC SYNTHESIS; STABILISING AGENTS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHALCOGEN; NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; SULFIDE; TELLURIUM; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; NANOMEDICINE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENS; COLLOIDS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; WATER;

EID: 84901187848     PISSN: 17518741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2012.0028     Document Type: Review

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