Engineering the Shape of Block Copolymer Particles by Surface-Modulated Graphene Quantum Dots

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 830-837

  Yang, Hyunseung ^a   Ku, Kang Hee ^a   Shin, Jae Man ^a   Lee, Junhyuk ^a   Park, Chan Ho ^a   Cho, Han Hee ^a   Jang, Se Gyu ^b   Kim, Bumjoon J ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; EMULSIFICATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAPHENE; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; STYRENE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; INTERFACIAL ACTIVITY; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SHAPED PARTICLES; SYSTEMATIC CONTROL;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84957966250     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04222     Document Type: Article

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