A Combined SAXS/SANS Study for the in Situ Characterization of Ligand Shells on Small Nanoparticles: The Case of ZnO

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 10130-10136

  Schindler, T ^a   Schmiele, M ^a   Schmutzler, T ^a   Kassar, T ^a   Segets, D ^a   Peukert, W ^a   Radulescu, A ^b   Kriele, A ^c   Gilles, R ^d   Unruh, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ACETATE CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; WET CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84942134845     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02198     Document Type: Article

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