title: Atomically efficient synthesis of self-assembled monodisperse and ultrathin lanthanide oxychloride nanoplates.
abstract: Monodisperse and ultrathin LaOCl nanoplates were synthesized via the thermolysis of La(CCl(3)COO)(3) in long chain amine and 1-octadecene. This single source precursor approach is simple but atomically efficient. The uniform amine-capped LaOCl nanoplates can be aligned into nanowire-like and nanorod-like superstructures, as a result of the different strengths of the interchain molecular interactions of the capping molecules during the self-assembly process of the nanoplates.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications & PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Ya-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ling-Dong
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Chun-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yan