Alloying mechanisms for epitaxial nanocrystals.

Size-confined fixed-composition and composition-dependent engineered band gap alloying induces different internal structures in L-cysteine-capped alloyed quaternary CdZnTeS quantum dots

The development of alloyed quantum dot (QD) nanocrystals with attractive optical properties for a wide array of chemical and biological applications is a growing research field. In this work, size-tunable engineered band gap composition-dependent alloying and fixed-composition alloying were employed to fabricate new L-cysteine-capped alloyed quaternary CdZnTeS QDs exhibiting different internal ...

Low temperature plasma deposition of silicon thin films: From amorphous to crystalline

We report on the epitaxial growth of crystalline silicon films on (100) oriented crystalline silicon substrates by standard plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition at 175 °C. Such unexpected epitaxial growth is discussed in the context of deposition processes of silicon thin films, based on silicon radicals and nanocrystals. Our results are supported by previous studies on plasma synthesis of...

Octahedral tin dioxide nanocrystals as high capacity anode materials for Na-ion batteries.

Single crystalline SnO2 nanocrystals (~60 nm in size) with a uniform octahedral shape were synthesised using a hydrothermal method. Their phase and morphology were characterized by XRD and FESEM observation. TEM and HRTEM analyses identified that SnO2 octahedral nanocrystals grow along the [001] direction, consisting of dominantly exposed {221} high energy facets. When applied as anode material...

Tailoring the Morphology and the Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanocrystals by Alloying

Nanocrystals composed of alternating shells of Pd and Pt can be obtained by sequentially adding different precursors.

This paper describes a layer-by-layer epitaxial approach to the synthesis of multishelled nanocrystals composed of alternating shells of Pd and Pt by starting with seeds made of Pd or Pt nanocrystals. The synthesis was conducted by sequentially adding PtCl(4)(2-) and PdCl(4)(2-) salt precursors into a system containing either Pd or Pt seeds (in the shape of cuboctahedrons, octahedrons, plates, ...