Ptychographic imaging of branched colloidal nanocrystals embedded in free-standing thick polystyrene films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  De Caro, Liberato ^a   Altamura, Davide ^a   Arciniegas, Milena ^b   Siliqi, Dritan ^a   Kim, Mee R ^b,c   Sibillano, Teresa ^a   Manna, Liberato ^b   Giannini, Cinzia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c INRS EMT   (Canada)

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EID: 84955119365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19397     Document Type: Article

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