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Synthesis of Self-Capped Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Mike Lazell
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre and the Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. Email: michael.r.lazell@man.ac.uk
Paul O'Brien
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre and the Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. Email: paul.obrien@man.ac.uk
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Abstract

In this paper we report the synthesis of metal sulfide nanocrystals, (CdS and ZnS), from the thermolysis, between 150 – 300 °C, in a dynamic vacuum, of the novel long chain asymmetric metal dithiocarbamates, bis(N-methyloctadecyldithiocarbamato) cadmium(II) or zinc(lI), [M {S2CN(C18H37)(CH3)}2].

These nanoparticles ‘self-cap’ during preparation. Different size nanocrystals were synthesised, at different temperatures and there was a change in phase from cubic to hexagonal CdS at a decomposition temperature greater than 300 °C.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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