Template growth of nanocrystalline PbS, CdS, and ZnS on a polydiacetylene langmuir film: An in situ grazing incidence X-ray diffraction study

Yevgeniy Lifshitz, Oleg Konovalov, Nataly Belman, Amir Berman, Yuval Golan

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Abstract

Chemical deposition of nanocrystalline PbS, CdS, and ZnS at the air/solution interface in the absence and presence of a polydiacetylene (PDA) Langmuir film is investigated in situ using grazing incidence X-ray diffraction. In all cases, it is found that PDA has a pronounced effect on the incipient semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs). In the presence of PDA, PbS NCs showed a 〈111〉 orientation in addition to the commonly obtained 〈100〉 growth direction of the PbS rock salt structure while CdS and ZnS NCs crystallized in the zinc blende polymorph with a predominant 〈100〉 orientation. ZnS NCs were obtained only in the presence of PDA at the air/solution interface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2398-2404
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume16
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Dec 2006

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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