One-Pot Synthesis of Copper−Indium Sulfide Nanocrystal Heterostructures with Acorn, Bottle, and Larva Shapes

Abstract
We synthesized Cu−In sulfide heterostructured nanocrystals from the thermal decomposition of a mixture of Cu−oleate and In−oleate complexes in dodecanethiol. By varying the reaction temperature and time, we were able to synthesize Cu−In sulfide nanocrystals with acorn, bottle, and larva shapes.