Interface-Mediated Growth of Monodispersed Nanostructures

Xun Wang received his B.S. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University (China), in 1998 and Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Tsinghua University in 2004, under the direction of Professor Yadong Li. He joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, in 2004 and was promoted to associate professor in 2005.

Qing Peng received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Peking University in 1992 and Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Tsinghua University in 2003, under the direction of Professor Yadong Li. He joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, in 2003 and was promoted to associate professor in 2006.

Yadong Li received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Anhui Normal University in 1986 and Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1998, under the direction of Professor Yitai Qian. He joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, in 1999 as a full professor.

This Account focuses on the recent development of interface-mediated growth of monodispersed nanostructures in our laboratory. By rationally tuning the chemical reactions at various gas–liquid, solid–solid, liquid–liquid, and liquid–solid–solution interfaces, we could readily synthesize nanostructures such as hollow microspheres, core–shell nanoparticles, and monodispersed nanocrystals. These advances in interface-mediated synthesis could lead to progress in the development of nanocrystal crystallography and encourage some more unique and exciting research and applications to nanoscience and nanotechnology.