Solution-liquid-solid synthesis of semiconductor nanowires using clusters as single-source precursors

Zhe Wang; Zhen Li; Andreas Kornowski; Xuedan Ma; Anton Myalitsin; Alf Mews

doi:10.1002/smll.201100343

Solution-liquid-solid synthesis of semiconductor nanowires using clusters as single-source precursors

Small. 2011 Sep 5;7(17):2464-8. doi: 10.1002/smll.201100343. Epub 2011 Jul 4.

Authors

Zhe Wang¹, Zhen Li, Andreas Kornowski, Xuedan Ma, Anton Myalitsin, Alf Mews

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Germany.

PMID: 21728227
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201100343

Abstract

CdSe clusters react with liquid Bi- nanocatalysts to form one-dimensional CdSe nanowires in solution. The use of cluster precursors as compared to molecular precursors leads to a high local CdSe concentration, which favors the growth of nanowires with thin diameters and a narrow diameter distribution.

Keywords: CdSe; nanoclusters; nanowires; single-source precursor; solution-liquid-solid.