title: Facile synthesis of silver chalcogenide (Ag2E; E=Se, S, Te) semiconductor nanocrystals.
abstract: A general, one-pot, single-step method for producing colloidal silver chalcogenide (Ag(2)E; E = Se, S, Te) nanocrystals is presented, with an emphasis on Ag(2)Se. The method avoids exotic chemicals, high temperatures, and high pressures and requires only a few minutes of reaction time. While Ag(2)S and Ag(2)Te are formed in their low-temperature monoclinic phases, Ag(2)Se is obtained in a metastable tetragonal phase not observed in the bulk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Ayaskanta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Lejun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Moon Sung
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Norris