title: Drastic structural transformation of cadmium chalcogenide nanoparticles using chloride ions and surfactants.
abstract: In the present work, we studied a unique and facile method for the drastic structural transformation of hydrophobic small CdE (E = S, Se, Te) nanoparticles into large, high-quality pencil-shaped nanoparticles through an Ostwald ripening process induced by Cl(-) and surfactants (oleic acid and oleylamine). This study revealed that Cl(-) is the effective anion for the controlled structural transformation of CdE nanoparticles. This transformation reaction can be readily extended to the formation of various functional materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saruyama
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanehara
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teranishi