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ArticleNano letters2025

Ligand-Assisted Colloidal Synthesis of Alkali Metal-Based Ternary Chalcogenide: Nanostructuring and Phase Control in Na-Cu-S System.

Hannah McKeever, Nilotpal Kapuria, Adair Nicolson, Suvodeep Sen, David Scanlon, Kevin M Ryan, Shalini Singh

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Article in Nano letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Phase-Controlled Synthesis of Alloyed (CdS)Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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7 authors.

Hannah McKeeverDepartment of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-0221-5182
Nilotpal KapuriaDepartment of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-6002-7753
Adair NicolsonSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8889-9369
Suvodeep SenDepartment of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-1180-6830
David ScanlonSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9174-8601
Kevin M RyanDepartment of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-3670-8505
Shalini SinghDepartment of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-8607-8383

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of sustainable and tunable materials is crucial for advancing modern technologies. We present a controlled synthesis of colloidal Na-Cu-S nanostructures. To overcome the reactivity difference between Na and Cu precursors toward chalcogens in a colloidal synthesis and to achieve metastable phase formation, we designed a single-source precursor for Cu and S. The decomposition of this precursor creates a Cu-S template into which Na ions diffuse to form metastable Na-Cu-S. By leveraging the reactivity of sulfur precursors, we synthesized Na

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alkali metal chalcogenidecolloidal nanocrystalsenergy materialsphase controlternary chalcogenides

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PMID40071968
PMCPMC11951143

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