Aggregation-based abrupt crystallization from amorphous Ag2S to Ag2S nanocrystals

Ruding Zhang; Xiaogang Xue; Zanyong Zhuang; Jinsheng Zheng; Zhang Lin

doi:10.1039/C4CC09728A

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Aggregation-based abrupt crystallization from amorphous Ag₂S to Ag₂S nanocrystals†

Ruding Zhang,^ac Xiaogang Xue,^ac Zanyong Zhuang,^ac Jinsheng Zheng^ac and Zhang Lin*^abc

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^a Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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^b School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

^c Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China

Abstract

Abrupt crystallization from ∼2–5 nm (amorphous) to ∼12–15 nm (crystalline) was observed in hydrothermal coarsening of Ag₂S. The desorption behavior of capping ligands could be associated with the aggregation and fusion of amorphous particles into crystals.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC09728A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 05 Dec 2014
Accepted: 22 Feb 2015
First published: 23 Feb 2015

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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 6141-6144

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Aggregation-based abrupt crystallization from amorphous Ag₂S to Ag₂S nanocrystals

R. Zhang, X. Xue, Z. Zhuang, J. Zheng and Z. Lin, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 6141 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09728A

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