Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC, Jardí de les Dones de Negre, 1, Planta 2, 08930, Sant Adrià del Besós, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
An oriented attachment and growth mechanism allows an accurate control of the size and morphology of Cu(2-x)S nanocrystals, from spheres and disks to tetradecahedrons and dodecahedrons. The synthesis conditions and the growth mechanism are detailed here.