Abstract
A synthesis of soluble III-V semiconductor quantum rods using gold nanoparticles to direct and catalyze one-dimensional growth is developed. The growth takes place via the solution-liquid-solid (SLS) mechanism where proper precursors are injected into a coordinating solvent. We report the synthesis of InP nanorods using indium acetate and myristic acid with gold nanoparticles as the catalysts in the SLS growth mode. A similar route was successfully developed for the growth of InAs nanorods. We find that the amount of Au catalyst in the reaction is an important parameter to achieve shape control. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images of InP and InAs nanocrystals revealed that the crystals are mostly rod-shaped, and provide strong evidence for Au presence in one edge. The rods were characterized structurally using X-ray diffraction and high-resolution TEM and optically by absorption and photoluminescence.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 788-794 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Materials Science and Engineering C |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 5-7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the German Israel Program (DIP), and the Israel Science Foundation Grant #924/04, and the Israel Ministry of Science under the ‘Tashtiot’ program. The Farkas Center is supported by the Minerva Gesellschaft für die Forschung, GmbH, München. We are grateful to Mr. Abraham Willenz from the Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for assistance in the TEM measurements.
Keywords
- Nanocrystal
- Quantum confinement
- Quantum rod
- Seeded growth