A layer-nanostructured assembly of PbS quantum dot/multiwalled carbon nanotube for a high-performance photoswitch

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Feng, Wei ^a   Qin, Chengqun ^a   Shen, Yongtao ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Luo, Wen ^a   An, Haoran ^a   Feng, Yiyu ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; LEAD; LEAD SULFIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LEAD; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; QUANTUM DOTS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84906082114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03777     Document Type: Article

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