Isolation of the magic-size CdSe nanoclusters [(CdSe)13(n-octylamine)13] and [(CdSe)13(oleylamine)13].
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC3540746 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
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Isolation of the magic-size CdSe nanoclusters [(CdSe)13(n-octylamine)13] and [(CdSe)13(oleylamine)13].
Wang Yuanyuan Y Liu Yi-Hsin YH Zhang Ying Y Wang Fudong F Kowalski Paul J PJ Rohrs Henry W HW Loomis Richard A RA Gross Michael L ML Buhro William E WE
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20120513 25
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