Preparation of nanoparticle materials
AssigneeNanoco Technologies Ltd.
InventorsPaul O'Brien, Nigel Pickett
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Abstract
A method of producing nanoparticles comprises effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition to the material of the nanoparticles. The precursor composition comprises a first precursor species containing a first ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles and a separate second precursor species containing a second ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles. The conversion is effected in the presence of a molecular cluster compound under conditions permitting seeding and growth of the nanoparticles.
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A nanoparticle comprising a molecular cluster compound and a core semiconductor material disposed on the molecular cluster compound, wherein the semiconductor material comprises one or more elements not comprised within the molecular cluster compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.