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Different shapes of CdSe nanostructures were obtained by hydrothermal method with varied Se sources and buffer layers. Hexagonal nanoparticles of CdSe with Wurtzite structure were synthesized from Se powder resource, while CdSe nanoclusters with Wurtzite structure were grown from Na2SeO3 aqueous solution resources at 165 °C using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as surfactant. Using ZnO nanoparticles as a seed layer, CdSe nanostructures only partially covered the indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates. With ZnO/CdSe quantum dots composite seed layer, CdSe nanostructures fully covered the ITO substrates.
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This work was partially supported by US-Egypt Joint Science &Technology Funds (913), South Dakota BoR Competitive Research Grant Program (CRGP) and NSF EPSCoR program (Grant No. 0903804).
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Pan, S., Ebrahim, S., Soliman, M. et al. Seed-mediated direct growth of CdSe nanoclusters on substrates. J Nanopart Res 15, 1420 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-013-1420-0
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