One-Pot Synthesis of Copper−Indium Sulfide Nanocrystal Heterostructures with Acorn, Bottle, and Larva Shapes

Abstract

We synthesized Cu-In sulfide heterostructured nanocrystals from the thermal decomposition of a mixture of Cu-oleate and In-oleate complexes in dodecanethiol. By varying the reaction temperature and time, we were able to synthesize Cu-In sulfide nanocrystals with acorn, bottle, and larva shapes.