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Controlled growth of inorganic nanocrystals: size and surface effects of nuclei
1Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|August 24, 2010
Abstract:
Controlled growth is the prerequisite for designing and tailoring the chemical and physical properties of inorganic nanocrystals according to practical applications. This article summarizes recent advances in the controlled growth of inorganic nanocrystals, with primary emphasis on our own work-size and surface effects of nuclei in the growth process of inorganic nanocrystals.
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