Electrical transport and grain growth in solution-cast, chloride-terminated cadmium selenide nanocrystal thin films

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7513-7521

  Norman, Zachariah M ^a   Anderson, Nicholas C ^a   Owen, Jonathan S ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cadmium chloride; CdSe quantum dots; grazing incidence X ray scattering; ligand exchange; nanocrystals; sintering; stoichiometry; thin film transistors

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GATE DIELECTRICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; STOICHIOMETRY; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CADMIUM SELENIDE NANOCRYSTALS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; LIGAND EXCHANGES; NANOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; ORGANIC LIGANDS; SILICON DIOXIDE GATES;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 84904719361     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502829s     Document Type: Article

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