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Nanocrystals consisting of more than one material are a topic of special interest almost since the beginning of the wet chemical synthesis of these materials. Socalled core shell nanocrystals were synthesized, e.g. from water-based CdS nanocrystals to improve their emission quantum yield significantly [1]. Nowadays, quite a number of different and even better defined core shell particles can be synthesized also in high-boiling organic solvents. Well known examples are, e.g. CdSe/ZnS [2] and CdSe/CdS [3].
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Dorfs, D., Eychmüller, A. (2008). Multishell semiconductor nanocrystals. In: Rogach, A.L. (eds) Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-75237-1_4
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