One-step aqueous solution synthesis of Ge nanocrystals from GeO2 powders

Jianghong Wu; Yangang Sun; Rujia Zou; Guosheng Song; Zhigang Chen; Chunrui Wang; Junqing Hu

doi:10.1039/C1CE05191A

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One-step aqueous solution synthesis of Ge nanocrystals from GeO₂ powders†

Jianghong Wu,^a Yangang Sun,^a Rujia Zou,^a Guosheng Song,^a Zhigang Chen,^a Chunrui Wang^b and Junqing Hu*^a

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^a State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai, China

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Abstract

A one-step route to the synthesis of Ge nanocrystals on a large-scale from GeO₂ powders in aqueous solution at 60 °C under an ambient atmosphere is reported, which avoids toxic precursors and by-products, high temperature, and inert atmospheres.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CE05191A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Feb 2011
Accepted: 04 Apr 2011
First published: 18 Apr 2011

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CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 3674-3677

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One-step aqueous solution synthesis of Ge nanocrystals from GeO₂ powders

J. Wu, Y. Sun, R. Zou, G. Song, Z. Chen, C. Wang and J. Hu, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 3674 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05191A

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