We thank Dr. Kathryn R. Williams and Kerry Siebein for technical support. Y.C.C. acknowledges the NSF (DMR-0645520 Career Award), ONR (N00014-06-1-0911) and the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (42542-G10) for support of this research.
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Synthesis of Metal–Selenide Nanocrystals Using Selenium Dioxide as the Selenium Precursor†
Article first published online: 10 OCT 2008
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804266
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How to Cite
Chen, O., Chen, X., Yang, Y., Lynch, J., Wu, H., Zhuang, J. and Cao, Y. Charles. (2008), Synthesis of Metal–Selenide Nanocrystals Using Selenium Dioxide as the Selenium Precursor. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47: 8638–8641. doi: 10.1002/anie.200804266
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 OCT 2008
- Article first published online: 10 OCT 2008
- Manuscript Received: 28 AUG 2008
Funded by
- NSF. Grant Number: DMR-0645520
- ONR. Grant Number: N00014-06-1-0911
- American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. Grant Number: 42542-G10
Keywords:
- cadmium;
- crystal growth;
- nanostructures;
- selenium;
- semiconductors
Quality and quantity: A non-injection synthesis of high-quality CdSe nanocrystals can be conducted in air, that is without the need for any oxygen-free manipulation. The synthesis, which uses SeO2 as the selenium precursor, is suitable for the large-scale industrial synthesis of high-quality nanocrystals at low cost and has been generalized for the formation of other metal selenides, such as PbSe and Pd4.5Se nanocrystals.