Vapor Phase Synthesis of SnS Facilitated by Ligand-Driven "Launch Vehicle" Effect in Tin Precursors.

ABSTRACT: Extraordinary low-temperature vapor-phase synthesis of SnS thin films from single molecular precursors is attractive over conventional high-temperature solid-state methods. Molecular-level processing of functional materials is accompanied by several intrinsic advantages such as precise control over stoichiometry, phase selective synthesis, and uniform substrate coverage. We report here on the synthesis of a new heteroleptic molecular precursor containing (i) a thiolate ligand forming a direct Sn-S bond, and (ii) a chelating O^N^N-donor ligand introducing a "launch vehicle"-effect into the synthesized compound, thus remarkably increasing its volatility. The newly synthesized tin compound [Sn(SBut)(tfb-dmeda)] 1 was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis that verified the

SUBMITTER: Atamturk U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8433875 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature