Abstract
Six new precursors for lead sulfide nanoparticles were synthesized by the reaction of lead acetate, with picolinic (Hpic), 2,6-dipicolinic (H2dipic) or salicylic (H2sal) acid followed by the addition of thiourea (tu) or thiosemicarbazide (ths). The compounds are “[Pb(Hsal)2(tu)2]” (1a), “Pb(Hsal)2(ths)3·2H2O” (1b), “Pb(pic)2(tu)” (2a), [Pb(pic)2(ths)2]2 (2b), [Pb(dipic)(tu)(H2O)]2·2H2O (3a), and [Pb(dipic)(ths)2]·2H2O (3b). Compounds 2b, 3a, and 3b formed well-defined crystals and were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, while the remaining compounds were characterized spectroscopically and by elemental analyses. The precursors were decomposed in both aqueous and nonaqueous media leading to pure crystalline galena in all cases. Depending upon conditions truncated octahedra, dendrites, nanocubes, interlinked nanocubes, nanohexapods and cubes were obtained. To elucidate the effect of single-source precursors on the mechanism of growth of nanoparticles, we compared the decomposition results wi...
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