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Germanium nanocrystals have been synthesized using a low-pressure, nonthermal plasma approach. The nanocrystal size can be adjusted between 4-20 nm by varying the plasma parame-ters, and the size distribution is relatively narrow with standard deviations of 10-20% of the av-erage crystal size. Stable colloidal solutions of the germanium crystals have been prepared by grafting organic alkene ligands onto the nanocrystal surfaces. When drop-cast from solution onto TEM grids, the nanocrystals form densely packed films.
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Gresback, R., Holman, Z. & Kortshagen, U. Plasma Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse Ge Nanocrystals and Self-Assembly of Dense Nanocrystal Layers. MRS Online Proceedings Library 974, 508 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-0974-CC05-08
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