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Seeded-growth, nanocrystal-fusion, ion-exchange and inorganic-ligand mediated formation of semiconductor-based colloidal heterostructured nanocrystals

Nag, Angshuman and Kundu, Janardan and Hazarika, Abhijit (2014) Seeded-growth, nanocrystal-fusion, ion-exchange and inorganic-ligand mediated formation of semiconductor-based colloidal heterostructured nanocrystals. In: CRYSTENGCOMM, 16 (40). pp. 9391-9407.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1039/c4ce00462k

Abstract

This article highlights different synthetic strategies for the preparation of colloidal heterostructured nanocrystals, where at least one component of the constituent nanostructure is a semiconductor. Growth of shell material on a core nanocrystal acting as a seed for heterogeneous nucleation of the shell has been discussed. This seeded-growth technique, being one of the most heavily explored mechanisms, has already been discussed in many other excellent review articles. However, here our discussion has been focused differently based on composition (semiconductor@semiconductor, magnet@semiconductor, metal@semiconductor and vice versa), shape anisotropy of the shell growth, and synthetic methodology such as one-step vs. multi-step. The relatively less explored strategy of preparing heterostructures via colloidal sintering of different nanostructures, known as nanocrystal-fusion, has been reviewed here. The ion-exchange strategy, which has recently attracted huge research interest, where compositional tuning of nanocrystals can be achieved by exchanging either the cation or anion of a nanocrystal, has also been discussed. Specifically, controlled partial ion exchange has been critically reviewed as a viable synthetic strategy for the fabrication of heterostructures. Notably, we have also included the very recent methodology of utilizing inorganic ligands for the fabrication of heterostructured colloidal nanocrystals. This unique strategy of inorganic ligands has appeared as a new frontier for the synthesis of heterostructures and is reviewed in detail here for the first time. In all these cases, recent developments have been discussed with greater detail to add upon the existing reviews on this broad topic of semiconductor-based colloidal heterostructured nanocrystals.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: CRYSTENGCOMM
Publisher: ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Additional Information: Copy right for this article belongs to the ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND
Department/Centre: Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2014 07:29
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2014 07:29
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/50281

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