Synthesis and Ligand Exchange of Thiol-Capped Silicon Nanocrystals

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 6886-6893

  Yu, Yixuan ^a   Rowland, Clare E ^b,c   Schaller, Richard D ^b,c   Korgel, Brian A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROSILYLATION; LIGANDS; SILICON;

ENHANCED STABILITY; INERT ATMOSPHERES; LIGAND EXCHANGES; NANOCRYSTAL SURFACE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; SI NANOCRYSTAL; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84934892799     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01246     Document Type: Article

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