Nano Lett., 5 (11), 2164 -2167, 2005. 10.1021/nl0518728 S1530-6984(05)01872-2
Web Release Date: October 19, 2005

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Controlled Synthesis of Hyperbranched Inorganic Nanocrystals with Rich Three-Dimensional Structures

Antonios G. Kanaras, Carsten Sönnichsen, Haitao Liu, and A. Paul Alivisatos*

Department of Chemistry, University of California, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

Received September 19, 2005

Revised October 7, 2005

Abstract:

Controlled synthesis of hyperbranched CdTe and CdSe semiconductor nanocrystals is presented. The length of the arms and the degree of branching could be controlled independently by varying the amount and kind of organic surfactant. The three-dimensional structure of these nanocrystals has been characterized with TEM tomography.


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