A facile low temperature growth of CdTe nanocrystals using novel dithiocarbamate ligands in aqueous solution

• Main Authors: Chen, Liqin, Yuwen, Lihui, Lu, Haoting, He, Yao, Hu, Mei, Bao, Biqing, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Zhang, Hua, Wang, Lianhui
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94376; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8385
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Proline dithiocarbamic acid disodium salt (ProDTC) was first explored as a novel ligand, instead of the usual used thiols, for the synthesis of CdTe nanocrystals (NCs). Due to the weak bonding between Cd ions and ProDTC, CdTe NCs show rapid nucleation and growth at much lower temperature (30–50 ᵒC)...