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Colloidal Chemistry in Molten Inorganic Salts: Direct Synthesis of III–V Quantum Dots via Dehalosilylation of (Me 3 Si) 3 Pn (Pn = P, As) with Group III Halides
- PAR ID:
- 10590290
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Chemical Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Volume:
- 147
- Issue:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 0002-7863
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 9198 to 9209
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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