Photoactive hybrid material based on pyrene functionalized PbS nanocrystals decorating CVD monolayer graphene

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4151-4159

  Ingrosso, Chiara ^a   Bianco, Giuseppe V ^a   Corricelli, Michela ^a   Comparelli, Roberto ^a   Altamura, Davide ^b   Agostiano, Angela ^a   Striccoli, Marinella ^a   Losurdo, Maria ^a   Curri, M Lucia ^a   Bruno, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

colloidal PbS NCs; CVD monolayer graphene; photoactive hybrid material

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HYBRID MATERIALS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MONOLAYERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSENSORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PYRENE; SOLS;

AROMATIC STRUCTURES; COLLOIDAL PBS NCS; ELECTRON COUPLING; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; GRAPHENE FILMS; LARGE-AREA GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURED MULTILAYERS; PBS NANOCRYSTAL;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923809111     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5081925     Document Type: Article

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