Inorganic nanocrystals: From molecular design to systematic engineering--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Wang, K., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., & Li, Y. (2014). Inorganic nanocrystals: From molecular design to systematic engineering. Particuology, 17, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2014.04.002

Inorganic nanocrystals: From molecular design to systematic engineering

Kai Wang, Zhicheng Zhang, Xun Wang ^*, Yadong Li

Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

10.1016/j.partic.2014.04.002

Volume 17, December 2014, Pages 1-10

Received 14 March 2014, Accepted 3 April 2014, Available online 29 May 2014.

E-mail: wangxun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Highlights

• This article reviewed the progress on solution-based synthesis of nanostructures in Li's group.

• Molecular design has been applied to produce various types of nanocrystals in last decade.

• It is desirable to develop synthetic strategies to meet the new demands on nanocrystals.

• New synthetic strategies have been developed to produce more complex and functional nanocrystals.

Abstract

Solution-based routes have been widely applied in the synthesis of nanostructures. It is desirable to choose or design precursors, ligands, and solvent molecules at the molecular level to allow the synthesis of low-dimensional nanocrystals with various shapes and sizes. The increasing requirements for the integration of the properties of nanocrystals have produced a high demand for the rational design and fine control of complex structures, in terms of both the composition and the structure. To meet this demand, researchers have developed new synthetic strategies to produce more complex and more functional nanocrystals. Typical procedures involve systematic engineering, which focuses on the whole synthetic procedure, instead of just the molecular details. This review focuses mainly on the work of Yadong Li's group over the last decade.

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Keywords

Molecular design; Systematic engineering; Synthesis; Nanocrystal

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