As a research community, our ability to synthesize high-quality colloidal nanocrystals is maturing rapidly as we gain a greater understanding of the pathways by which they form.  Studies of well-established, well-behaved benchmark systems teach us much about the factors that lead to control over nanocrystal morphology, uniformity, and stability, and these results provide important insights for approaching nanocrystal synthesis in other materials systems that are more complex and/or less studied.  However, each system is chemically unique, and many surprises emerge when well-established synthetic protocols are applied to previously underexplored materials systems.  This talk will highlight our recent advances in the synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals across diverse materials systems, including metal chalcogenides, metal oxides, metal nitrides, and intermetallic alloys.  Emphasis will be placed on the chemistry that leads to their formation, as well as insights into their structures and morphologies.

Nanocrystal synthesis across diverse materials systems

247th National Meeting (2014)

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