PREPARATION OF METALLIC TELLURIUM.

Photolytic preparation of tellurium nanorods.

Well-defined tellurium nanorods have been prepared by the photolysis of (t)Bu2Te2 in an aqueous micellar system incorporating dodecanethiol as an auxiliary morphology-directing agent.

Preparation of Fluorescent Tellurium Nanowires at Room Temperature

We have demonstrated a simple approach to the synthesis of fluorescent trigonal tellurium (t-Te) nanowires in aqueous solution at room temperature. The t-Te nanowires were prepared from the reduction of tellurium dioxide (TeO2) with concentrated hydrazine solution through deposition of Te atoms that were reduced from telluride ions (Te) and dissolved from amorphous tellurium (a-Te) nanoparticle...

Tellurium and tellurium compounds

Preparation and Characterization of Metallic Nanostructures

Principle Investigators: Hilbert v. Löhneysen, Christoph Sürgers, Regina Hoffmann CFN-Financed Scientists: Timofey Balashov (1/2 BAT IIa, 3 months), B. Gopalakrishnan (3/4 BAT IIa, 6 months), Daniel Kaufmann (1/2 BAT IIa, 2 months), Markus Sauter (3/4 BAT IIa, 16 months), Richard Montbrun (38,6% BAT IIa, 44 months), Marc Müller (1/2 BAT IIa, 24 months) Further Scientists: Dominik Stöffler, Gerd...

On the dissolution of non-metallic solid elements (sulfur, selenium, tellurium and phosphorus) in ionic liquids.

Ionic liquids are shown to be good solvents for elemental sulfur, selenium, phosphorus and tellurium, and can be designed to maximise the solubility of these elements. The presence of the [S(3)](*-) radical anion in diluted solutions of sulfur in some ionic liquids has been confirmed, and is the origin of their intense blue colour (cf. lapis lazuli).