Adaptable surfactant-mediated method for the preparation of anisotropic metal chalcogenide nanomaterials.

ABSTRACT: The hot injection synthesis of nanomaterials is a highly diverse and fundamental field of chemical research, which has shown much success in the bottom up approach to nanomaterial design. Here we report a synthetic strategy for the production of anisotropic metal chalcogenide nanomaterials of different compositions and shapes, using an optimised hot injection approach. Its unique advantage compared to other hot injection routes is that it employs one chemical to act as many agents: high boiling point, viscous solvent, reducing agent, and surface coordinating ligand. It has been employed to produce a range of nanomaterials, such as CuS, Bi₂S₃, Cu_2-xSe, FeSe₂, and Bi₄Se₃, among others, with various structures including nanopla

SUBMITTER: McCarthy SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5809463 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature