Large-Scale Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanorods of Se/Te Alloys Through a Homogeneous Nucleation and Solution Growth Process

Uniform single-crystalline nanorods of Se/Te alloys—for example, the Se0.5Te0.5 crystals (934±48 nm × 223±10 nm) shown in the Figure—are reported to have been directly grown from aqueous solutions through a homogeneous nucleation process that involves no physical template, thus facilitating large-scale synthesis.