Hydrothermal Synthesis and the Study of Fluorescence Properties of Quaternary Ag-In-Zn-S Quantum Dots

CHEN Ting; HU Xiao-bo; XU Yan-qiao; JIANG Wei-hui; JIANG Wan; XIE Zhi-xiang

doi:10.3788/gzxb20194810.1016001

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