Physical characterization and photoluminescence properties of thioglycolic acid-stabilized lead sulfide nanocrystals

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1045-1054

  Martinez Mancera, Flavio Dolores ^a   Hernandez Lopez, Jose Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO EN ELECTROQUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; Chalcogenides; Chemical synthesis; Electron microscopy (STEM, TEM and SEM); Luminescence; Photoluminescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL STABILIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (STEM , TEM AND SEM); EMISSION PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTAL (NCS); PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84924066367     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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