title: Room temperature synthesis of HgTe nanocrystals.
abstract: We report a new method to synthesize monodisperse zinc blende HgTe nanocrystals at room temperature in noncoordinating solvent-octadecene. Thiol was needed to control the reaction at a suitable nucleation and growth speed. In the early stage of the reaction, HgTe nanocrystals formed aggregates, and then the aggregates were dispersed and individual dot-shaped nanocrystals were formed with stronger photoluminescence emitting. UV-vis, photoluminescence, and TEM have been used to study the properties of as-prepared HgTe nanocrystals.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, PR China. lsli@henu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Lin Song
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hongzhe
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yongcheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shiyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Yongqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zuliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D006358:Hot Temperature; D017669:Mercury Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D013691:Tellurium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017669:Mercury Compounds; D013691:Tellurium