Think thin! Colloidally stable ultrathin Bi2S3 nanowires (see picture), which display strong excitonic features never before seen in bismuth chalcogenides and extremely high extinction coefficients, have been synthesized on a gram‐scale. Nanostructures such as this are of very high technological potential for thermoelectric applications.
Bi2S3 colloidal nanocrystals have been synthesized through a heterogeneous gram‐scale hot‐injection method yielding a low‐polydispersity, shape‐controlled product (dots or rods). Plasma polymerization of nanocrystal assemblies into flexible films is demonstrated (see figure) and characterized.
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