In Situ Encapsulation of Ultrasmall CuO Quantum Dots with Controlled Band-Gap and Reversible Thermochromism

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 26437-26444

  Ge, Yuzhen ^a   Shah, Zameer Hussain ^a   Wang, Cui ^a   Wang, Jiasheng ^a   Mao, Wenxin ^a   Zhang, Shufen ^a   Lu, Rongwen ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

band gap; CuO; quantum dots; reverse microemulsion; thermochromism

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CUO; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-PORE STRUCTURES; REVERSE MICROEMULSIONS; THERMOCHROMISM; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84949640637     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09578     Document Type: Article

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