Photoluminescent Aerogels from Quantum Wells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2089-2099

  Naskar, Suraj ^a   Miethe, Jan F ^a   Sánchez Paradinas, Sara ^a   Schmidt, Nadeschda ^a   Kanthasamy, Karthiga ^a   Behrens, Peter ^a   Pfnür, Herbert ^a   Bigall, Nadja C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEROGELS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BUILDING BLOCKES; CRYSTAL FACETS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; NANO-PLATELETS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SUPERCRITICAL DRYING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84964762491     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04872     Document Type: Article

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