Rapid preparation of highly luminescent CdTe nanocrystals in an ionic liquid via a microwave-assisted process

Ionic liquids and deep eutectics as a transformative platform for the synthesis of nanomaterials

“…This versatile class of reaction has been termed MAIL (microwave-assisted ionic liquid). 90 Many nanomaterials such as oxides and phosphates, [91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102] fluorides 103 (hydr)oxyfluorides, 104 and higher chalcogenides such as sulphides, 105,106 selenides, 107 and tellurides 108 can be produced in this manner. However, adding dilute ILs to a reaction mixture is analogous to adding a simple salt to enhance the microwave uptake; it does not take advantage of the full range of available benefits.…”

Rationally designed synthesis of bright AgInS2/ZnS quantum dots with emission control

“…For the preparation of high quality AIS/ZnS QDs in water, microwave (MW)-assisted methods are very attractive. These methods have been widely explored for the synthesis of water-soluble binary II-VI QDs [39][40][41][42][43], but were scarcely used for AIS QDs until now [44][45][46][47][48]. This is related to the efficient absorption of MW irradiation by the solvent water and the metal ion precursors.…”

Hierarchical Bi2Se3 microrods: microwave-assisted synthesis, growth mechanism and their related properties

“…In the past several decades, the application of microwave heating in the synthesis of nanomaterials has attracted a considerable amount of attention. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Compared with microwave heating, traditional heating is rather slow and inefficient for transferring energy to the reaction mixture. In addition, traditional heating depends on convective currents and the thermal conductivity of different materials and usually causes the reaction vessel temperature to become higher than that of the reaction solution.…”