Single-crystalline and monodisperse LaF3 triangular nanoplates from a single-source precursor

Ya-Wen Zhang; Xiao Sun; Rui Si; Li-Ping You; Chun-Hua Yan

doi:10.1021/ja042801y

Single-crystalline and monodisperse LaF3 triangular nanoplates from a single-source precursor

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Mar 16;127(10):3260-1. doi: 10.1021/ja042801y.

Authors

Ya-Wen Zhang¹, Xiao Sun, Rui Si, Li-Ping You, Chun-Hua Yan

Affiliation

¹ State Key Lab of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

PMID: 15755126
DOI: 10.1021/ja042801y

Abstract

Single-crystalline and monodisperse LaF3 triangular nanoplates (2.0 x 16.0 nm) in trigonal tysonite structure were synthesized by the thermolysis of a single-source precursor (SSP), La(CF3COO)3, in a hot oleic acid/octadecene solution. The combined use of SSP and coordinating and noncoordinating solvents was demonstrated to have played key roles in the formation of such high-quality nanoplates, which could spontaneously organize into two types of superlattices (edge-to-edge and face-to-face) on a large area. This SSP approach has advantages of one-step, mass production, and easy operation, and may represent a rather general route toward metal fluoride nanocrystals.