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Fragmentation of Magica??Size Cluster Precursor Compounds into Ultrasmall CdS Quantum Dots with Enhanced Particle Yield at Low Temperatures
摘要： Colloidal small-size CdS quantum dots (QDs) are produced usually with low particle yield, together with side products such as the particular precursor compounds (PCs) of magic-size clusters (MSC). Here, we report our synthesis of small-size CdS QDs without the coexistence of the PC and thus with enhanced particle yield. For a conventional reaction of cadmium oleate (Cd(OA)2) and sulfur (S) in 1-octadecene (ODE), we show that after the formation of the PC in the pre-nucleation stage, the addition of tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) facilitates the production of small-size QDs. We demonstrate that TOPO fragmentizes the PC that have formed, which enables the nucleation and growth of small-size QDs even at room temperature. Our findings introduce a new approach to making small-size QDs without the coexistence of the PC and with improved particle yield. Providing experimental evidence for the two-pathway model proposed for the pre-nucleation stage of colloidal binary QDs, the present study aids in the advance of non-classical nucleation theory.
关键词： crystal growth,nucleation,cadmium sulfide,magic-size clusters,quantum dots
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Fragmentation of Magica??Size Cluster Precursor Compounds into Ultrasmall CdS Quantum Dots with Enhanced Particle Yield at Low Temperatures
摘要： Colloidal small-size CdS quantum dots (QDs) are produced usually with low particle yield, together with side products such as the particular precursor compounds (PCs) of magic-size clusters (MSC). Here, we report our synthesis of small-size CdS QDs without the coexistence of the PC and thus with enhanced particle yield. For a conventional reaction of cadmium oleate (Cd(OA)2) and sulfur (S) in 1-octadecene (ODE), we show that after the formation of the PC in the pre-nucleation stage, the addition of tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) facilitates the production of small-size QDs. We demonstrate that TOPO fragmentizes the PC that have formed, which enables the nucleation and growth of small-size QDs even at room temperature. Our findings introduce a new approach to making small-size QDs without the coexistence of the PC and with improved particle yield. Providing experimental evidence for the two-pathway model proposed for the pre-nucleation stage of colloidal binary QDs, the present study aids in the advance of non-classical nucleation theory.
关键词： crystal growth,nucleation,cadmium sulfide,magic-size clusters,quantum dots
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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X-ray total scattering study of magic-size clusters and quantum dots of cadmium sulphide
摘要： Four types of magic-size CdS clusters and three different CdS quantum dots have been studied using the technique of X-ray total scattering and pair distribution function analysis. We found that the CdS quantum dots could be modelled as a mixed phase of atomic structures based on the two bulk crystalline phases, which is interpreted as representing the effects of random stacking of layers. However, the results for the magic-size clusters are significantly different. On one hand, the short-range features in the pair distribution function reflect the bulk, indicating that these structures are based on the same tetrahedral coordination found in the bulk phases (and therefore excluding new types of structures such as cage-like arrangements of atoms). But on the other hand, the longer-range atomic structure clearly does not reflect the layer structures found in the bulk and the quantum dots. We compare the effect of two ligands, phenylacetic acid and oleic acid, showing that in one case the ligand has little effect on the atomic structure of the magic-size nanocluster, and in another it has a significant effect.
关键词： magic-size clusters,pair distribution function analysis,X-ray total scattering,quantum dots,cadmium sulphide
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52