Preparation of chiral quantum dots

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 558-573

  Moloney, Mícheál P ^a   Govan, Joseph ^a   Loudon, Alexander ^a   Mukhina, Maria ^b   Gun'ko, Yurii K ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; STABILIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFIDE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOT INJECTION TECHNIQUE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925844440     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.028     Document Type: Article

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