Review: Using coordination chemistry to develop new routes to semiconductor and other materials
Dongbo Fana, Mohammad Afzaala, M. Azad Mallika, Chinh Q. Nguyen, Paul O’Brien and P. John Thomas
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Volume 251, Issues 13-14, July 2007, Pages 1878-1888
Abstract: Recent results from our laboratory on the synthesis of single-source precursor (SSP) molecules and their use for the making nanomaterials by different techniques are presented. The precursors include dichalcogenoimidophosphinate, dialkylchalcogenophosphates, ionic dialkyldiselenophosphinate salts and dithiocarbamates. Solution phase thermal decomposition, chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and interfacial deposition techniques have been used to obtain nanocrystals and thin films of semiconducting material.