Single-crystalline and monodisperse LaF3 triangular nanoplates from a single-source precursor.
Single-crystalline and monodisperse LaF3 triangular nanoplates (2.0 x 16.0 nm) in trigonal tysonite structure were synthesized by the thermolysis of a single-source precursor (SSP), La(CF3COO)3, in a hot oleic acid/octadecene solution. The combined use of SSP and coordinating and noncoordinating solvents was demonstrated to have played key roles in the formation of such high-quality nanoplates, which could spontaneously organize into two types of superlattices (edge-to-edge and face-to-face) on a large area. This SSP approach has advantages of one-step, mass production, and easy operation, and may represent a rather general route toward metal fluoride nanocrystals.
Zhang
Ya-Wen
YW
State Key Lab of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Sun
Xiao
X
Si
Rui
R
You
Li-Ping
LP
Yan
Chun-Hua
CH