title: Plasma synthesis of stoichiometric Cu2S nanocrystals stabilized by oleylamine.
abstract: Nonthermal plasmas can produce high quality nanocrystals in a continuous process without requiring solvents. A nonthermal plasma process is demonstrated to synthesize stoichiometric Cu2S nanocrystals, which show no signs of oxidation by spectrophotometry after 2 months in the ambient when stabilized with oleylamine and dispersed in toluene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. elijah.thimsen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elijah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thimsen
authors.forename: Uwe R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Kortshagen
authors.forename: Eray S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Aydil