Monodisperse, air-stable PbS nanocrystals via precursor stoichiometry control

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6363-6371

  Weidman, Mark C ^a   Beck, Megan E ^a   Hoffman, Rachel S ^a   Prins, Ferry ^a   Tisdale, William A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

infrared photoluminescence; lead chloride; lead sulfide; monodisperse; nanocrystal; PbS; quantum dot; self assembly

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SELF ASSEMBLY;

INFRARED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; LEAD CHLORIDES; LEAD SULFIDE; MONO-DISPERSE; PBS; QUANTUM DOT;

SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84903483051     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5018654     Document Type: Article

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