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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
Anhydrous solution synthesis of germanium nanocrystals from the germanium(II) precursor Ge[N(SiMe3)2]2
Henry Gerung1, Scott D Bunge, Timothy J Boyle
1Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, 1001 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|March 30, 2005
Abstract:
A convenient, simple, single-source solution synthesis of Ge nanocrystals via thermal reduction of Ge(II) precursor Ge[N(SiMe3)2]2 in a non-coordinating solvent at 300 degrees C and 1 atm Ar is described.
