Single source precursor routes for synthesis of PdTe nanorods and particles: solvent dependent control of shapes

Kamal Nayan Sharma; Hemant Joshi; Alpesh K Sharma; Om Prakash; Ajai K Singh

doi:10.1039/c3cc45175e

Single source precursor routes for synthesis of PdTe nanorods and particles: solvent dependent control of shapes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 18;49(81):9344-6. doi: 10.1039/c3cc45175e.

Authors

Kamal Nayan Sharma¹, Hemant Joshi, Alpesh K Sharma, Om Prakash, Ajai K Singh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India. aksingh@chemistry.iitd.ac.in ajai57@hotmail.com.

PMID: 23999625
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45175e

Abstract

The PdTe NPs (hexagonal) and nanorods (first example) have been synthesized for the first time from single source precursors (SSPs), [Pd(L1)Cl2] (1) and [Pd(L2)Cl]BF4 (2) [L1, 4-bromo-1-[2-(4-methoxyphenyltellanyl)ethyl]-1H-pyrazole; L2, bis-[2-(4-bromopyrazol-1-yl)ethyl]telluride], by their thermolysis in an OA–ODE mixture (1:1) and TOP respectively. The composition of the PdTe phase does not change with SSP/solvent. Complex 2 gives small size nanostructures.