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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 824179, 4 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/824179
Research Article

Synthesis of PVP-Capped Au-CdSe Hybrid Nanoparticles

M. M. Chili, V. S. R. Rajasekhar Pullabhotla, and N. Revaprasadu

Department of Chemistry, University of Zululand, Private Bag X 1001, Kwadlangezwa 3886, South Africa

Received 8 August 2012; Accepted 30 August 2012

Academic Editors: H.-P. Li and H.-E. Schaefer

Copyright © 2012 M. M. Chili et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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