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Synthesis of Colloidal Indium Antimonide Nanocrystals Using Stibine
Author(s) -
Maurice Axel,
Haro Miguel Lopez,
Hyot Bérangère,
Reiss Peter
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.201300137
Subject(s) - indium antimonide , stibine , antimony , nanocrystal , slowness , antimonide , nanoparticle , indium , nanotechnology , dispersion (optics) , materials science , computer science , chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , optics , metallurgy , catalysis , arsine , quantum mechanics , phosphine
A new approach for the chemical synthesis of colloidal indium antimonide (InSb) nanocrystals is reported. It relies on the in situ generation of stibine gas (SbH 3 ) as the antimony precursor and yields highly crystalline particles with a mean diameter of 8.8 nm and low size dispersion (13%). A synthetic pathway for the preparation of larger particles (≈100 nm) is also presented.