Surface properties of nanocrystalline PbS films deposited at the water-oil interface: A study of atmospheric aging

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1445-1453

  Cant, David J H ^a   Syres, Karen L ^a,d   Lunt, Patrick J B ^a   Radtke, Hanna ^a   Treacy, Jon ^a   Thomas, P John ^a,e   Lewis, Edward A ^a   Haigh, Sarah J ^a   Obrien, Paul ^a   Schulte, Karina ^b   Bondino, Federica ^c   Magnano, Elena ^c   Flavell, Wendy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PROFILING; GROWTH KINETICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LEAD; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOGARITHMIC GROWTH; NANO-CRYSTALLINE PBS; NANOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; WATER OIL INTERFACE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84922245204     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la504779h     Document Type: Article

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