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ArticleNature communications2019

Formation of colloidal alloy semiconductor CdTeSe magic-size clusters at room temperature.

Dong Gao, Xiaoyu Hao, Nelson Rowell, Theo Kreouzis, David J Lockwood, Shuo Han, Hongsong Fan, Hai Zhang, Chunchun Zhang, Yingnan Jiang and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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13 authors.

Dong GaoInstitute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China.
Xiaoyu HaoInstitute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China.
Nelson RowellMetrology Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada.
Theo KreouzisSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-5338
David J LockwoodMetrology Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada.
Shuo HanInstitute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China.
Hongsong FanEngineering Research Center in Biomaterials, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China.
Hai ZhangEngineering Research Center in Biomaterials, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China.
Chunchun ZhangAnalytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China.
Yingnan JiangJilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, 130117, Changchun, P. R. China.
Jianrong ZengShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201204, Shanghai, P. R. China. zengjianrong@sinap.ac.cn.
Meng ZhangInstitute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China. mengzhang@scu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2852-2527
Kui YuInstitute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, P. R. China. kuiyu@scu.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alloy semiconductor magic-size clusters (MSCs) have received scant attention and little is known about their formation pathway. Here, we report the synthesis of alloy CdTeSe MSC-399 (exhibiting sharp absorption peaking at 399 nm) at room temperature, together with an explanation of its formation pathway. The evolution of MSC-399 at room temperature is detected when two prenucleation-stage samples of binary CdTe and CdSe are mixed, which are transparent in optical absorption. For a reaction consisting of Cd, Te, and Se precursors, no MSC-399 is observed. Synchrotron-based in-situ small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) suggests that the sizes of the two samples and their mixture are similar. We argue that substitution reactions take place after the two binary samples are mixed, which result in the formation of MSC-399 from its precursor compound (PC-399). The present study provides a room-temperature avenue to engineering alloy MSCs and an in-depth understanding of their probable formation pathway.

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