Metal chalcogenides are widely studied for their useful applications in optics and electronics. Some metal chalcogenide materials have intrinsically layered structures and tend to grow anisotropically as 2D particles in solution which gives rise to novel properties. Single-source precursors provide a simple route to the synthesis of nanomaterials depending on the identity of the metal, ligands, and reaction conditions. We have identified single source precursors that utilize metals from different blocks of the periodic table and a dichalogenido-diphenylphosphinate (-X2PPh2 where X=S or Se) ligand which all decompose to form 2D, layered metal chalcogenide nanomaterials.

Single-souce precursor route to synthesizing 2D layered metal-chalcogenide nanomaterials

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