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Original Articles

A convenient synthesis of cadmium chalcogenide quantum dots from cadmium acetate and bis(diphenylphosphino)methane monosulfide and –selenide or 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane monoselenide

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Pages 800-802 | Received 31 Jul 2015, Accepted 21 Sep 2015, Published online: 14 Apr 2016
 

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

The synthesis of both cadmium selenide and cadmium sulfide quantum dots has been effected using a synthetic protocol that avoids the use of volatile, toxic organocadmium reagents and alkyl phosphines.

Acknowledgment

The authors thank Dr. Fairland Amos for the electron micrographs.

Funding

Financial support was provided by the Yale Initiative for Quantum Engineering (YINQUE) program.

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