Controlled growth of high-density CdS and CdSe nanorod arrays on selective facets of two-dimensional semiconductor nanoplates

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 470-475

  Wu, Xue Jun ^a   Chen, Junze ^a   Tan, Chaoliang ^a   Zhu, Yihan ^b   Han, Yu ^b   Zhang, Hua ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84964507830     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2473     Document Type: Article

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