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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 546027, 12 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/546027
Research Article

Properties of PbS: Ni2+ Nanocrystals in Thin Films by Chemical Bath Deposition

O. Portillo Moreno,1 L. A. Chaltel Lima,1 M. Chávez Portillo,1 S. Rosas Castilla,1 M. Zamora Tototzintle,1 G. Abarca Ávila,1 and R. Gutiérrez Pérez2

1Laboratorio de Materials, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, C.U. Puebla, Pue. México, P.O. Box 1067, 72001 Puebla, PUE, Mexico
2Laboratorio de Síntesis de Complejos, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, P.O. Box 1067, 72001 Puebla, PUE, Mexico

Received 26 April 2012; Accepted 19 June 2012

Academic Editors: K. G. Beltsios and Y. Song

Copyright © 2012 O. Portillo Moreno 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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