Issue 5, 2003

A simple metalorganic route to organically passivated mercury telluride nanocrystals

Abstract

Nanocrystalline HgE (E = S, Se, Te) particles are an important class of materials that may have applications in the opto-electronics industry, notably as potential replacements for rare-earth dopants in optical fibers or in opto-electronic modulators. Organometallic routes to nanoparticles can produce materials of a superior quality, but often require highly toxic precursors, such as metal alkyls. We report here, for the first time, a simple route to organically passivated HgTe nanoparticles, which avoids the use of compounds such as dimethylmercury. This method can be used to prepare a wide range of HgE nanomaterials.

Graphical abstract: A simple metalorganic route to organically passivated mercury telluride nanocrystals

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Oct 2002
Accepted
20 Mar 2003
First published
28 Mar 2003

J. Mater. Chem., 2003,13, 1076-1078

A simple metalorganic route to organically passivated mercury telluride nanocrystals

M. Green, G. Wakefield and P. J. Dobson, J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 1076 DOI: 10.1039/B210563B

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