title: Contamination-free solutions of selenium in amines for nanoparticle synthesis.
abstract: We present, for the first time, versatile solutions of concentrated selenium, within an array of amines, in a fast and low temperature manner without contaminants. These solutions allow the unprecedented opportunity to synthesize a variety of pure selenium and selenide nanoparticles as well as mixed chalcogen sulfoselenide compounds.
authors.affiliation: Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. agrawalr@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D018011:Chalcogens / Q000737:chemistry; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012643:Selenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D018011:Chalcogens; D012996:Solutions; D012643:Selenium