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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Colloidal Synthesis of CsX Nanocrystals (X = Cl, Br, I)
Peter J Shaw1, Michaela Meyns2, Yong Zuo3
1School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. ps1g12@soton.ac.uk.
Abstract:
A facile colloidal synthesis of highly ionic cesium halide nanocrystals is reported. Colloidal nanocrystals of CsI, CsCl and CsBr with unprecedentedly small dimensions are obtained using oleylammonium halides and cesium oleate as precursors. The ease and adaptability of our method enables its universalization for the formation of other highly ionic nanocrystals.
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