title: Manipulating the growth of aqueous semiconductor nanocrystals through amine-promoted kinetic process.
abstract: In the conventional procedure of the preparation of aqueous semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), the growth of NCs was mainly through the thermodynamics-favored Ostwald ripening process. It required additional energy to promote NC growth, such as reflux, hydrothermal method, microwave irradiation, and sonochemical synthesis. Energy-promoted growth usually led to the decomposition of mercapto-ligands and therewith decreased the quality of NCs. Consequently, in this study, the growth of aqueous semiconductor NCs was designed through an amine-promoted kinetic process, which efficiently shortened the growth duration and avoided the decomposition of ligands, thus providing a universal method for preparing various aqueous binary and ternary NCs.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
authors.forename: Jishu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Haizhu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Bai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang