Colloidal Synthesis of an Exotic Phase of Silicon: The BC8 Structure.

Creating allotropes and polymorphs of nanoparticles (NPs) has gained tremendous momentum in recent times. Group 14 (C, Si, Ge) has a number of allotropes; some with significant applications. Here we report the synthesis of Si NPs crystallizing in the BC8 structure via a colloidal route for the first...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 136; no. 4; pp. 1296 - 1300
Main Authors:	Shreyashi Ganguly, Nasrin Kazem, Carter, Danielle, Kauzlarich, Susan M.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Chemical Society 1/29/2014
Subjects:	Colloids Silicon Allotropy Polymorphism (Crystallography) Nanoparticles Metastable states Butyllithium Precipitation (Chemistry)
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