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Copyright 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Figure 17 High-resolution TEMs of CdSe tetrapods. (a) Image down the [001]direction of one of the four arms. <strong>All</strong> arms are wurtzite phase, as confirmed <strong>by</strong>analysis of lattice spacings. (b) ‘‘Dendritic’’ tetrapod, where branches have grownfrom each arm. Some stacking faults are present in the branches, and zinc-blendelayers are present at the ends of the original four arms. (From Ref. 38, reprintedwith permission.)particles, and synthetic steps unique to rod overcoating have been employedin the most successful preparations [40]. As discussed previously (Sect. III),spherical nanoparticle systems benefit from having highly curved surfaces,compared to less strain-tolerant planar systems. Nanorods provide anintermediate case. The average curvature of rods lies between that of dotsand films, and, due to their larger size/surface area compared to dots, moreinterfacial strain can accumulate, leading to the formation of dislocations.The 12% lattice mismatch between ZnS and CdSe is, therefore, less welltolerated in rods. CdS can be used as a lattice-mismatch ‘‘buffer layer’’between CdSe and ZnS (only f4% lattice mismatch with CdSe and f8%with ZnS). The addition of a small amount of Cd precursor to the shellprecursor solution (Cd : Zn of 0.12 : 1.0) appears to lead to the preferentialformation of CdS at the surface of the rods. ZnS growth then proceeds on theCdS. High-resolution TEM images demonstrate uniform and epitaxialgrowth. Interestingly, QYs remain low, and the benefits of inorganic overcoatingin the graded epitaxial approach are only fully realized followingphotochemical annealing (via laser irradiation) of the rod particles (Fig. 18)[40].Solution-phase preparations of unusually shaped and highly anisotropicparticles that are soluble, relatively monodisperse, and sufficientlysmall to exhibit quantum-confinement effects are thus far limited, but notexclusive to CdSe. CdS and CdTe rods can be prepared using phosphonic-<strong>Copyright</strong> <strong>2004</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Marcel</strong> <strong>Dekker</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. <strong>All</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Reserved</strong>.

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