# Sculpting of lead sulfide nanoparticles by means of acetic acid and dichloroethane

Source: [Sculpting of lead sulfide nanoparticles by means of acetic acid and dichloroethane](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa31fe1e209131ce88459a>)

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Authors: Frauke Gerdes, Mirjam Volkmann, Thomas Bielewicz, Constanze Schliehe, Christian Klinke

Published: 2015-07-10T06:48:03.000Z

## Abstract

Colloidal lead sulfide is a versatile material with great opportunities to tune the bandgap by electronic confinement and to adapt the optical and electrical properties to the target application. We present a new and simple synthetic route to control size and shape of PbS nanoparticles. Increasing concentrations of explicitly added acetic acid are used to tune the shape of PbS nanoparticles from quasi-spherical particles via octahedrons to six-armed stars. The presence of acetate changes the intrinsic surface energies of the different crystal facets and enables the growth along the \<100\> direction. Furthermore, the presence of 1,2-dichloroethane alters the reaction kinetics, which results in smaller nanoparticles with a narrower size distribution.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02789>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1507.02789.pdf>)