A general strategy for nanocrystal synthesis

Xun Wang, Jing Zhuang, Qing Peng and Yadong Li ()
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Xun Wang: Tsinghua University
Jing Zhuang: Tsinghua University
Qing Peng: Tsinghua University
Yadong Li: Tsinghua University

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7055, 121-124

Abstract: Abstract New strategies for materials fabrication are of fundamental importance in the advancement of science and technology1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12. Organometallic13,14 and other organic solution phase15,16,17 synthetic routes have enabled the synthesis of functional inorganic quantum dots or nanocrystals. These nanomaterials form the building blocks for new bottom-up approaches to materials assembly for a range of uses; such materials also receive attention because of their intrinsic size-dependent properties and resulting applications18,19,20,21. Here we report a unified approach to the synthesis of a large variety of nanocrystals with different chemistries and properties and with low dispersity; these include noble metal, magnetic/dielectric, semiconducting, rare-earth fluorescent, biomedical, organic optoelectronic semiconducting and conducting polymer nanoparticles. This strategy is based on a general phase transfer and separation mechanism occurring at the interfaces of the liquid, solid and solution phases present during the synthesis. We believe our methodology provides a simple and convenient route to a variety of building blocks for assembling materials with novel structure and function in nanotechnology13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1038/nature03968

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