Liquid Ammonia Mediated Metathesis: Synthesis of Binary Metal Chalcogenides and Pnictides.

Studies the synthesis of binary chalcogenide and pnictide materials by metathetical reactions in liquid ammonia. Isolation of crystalline nanoscaled materials; X-ray diffraction analysis of the preannealed materials; Annealing of X-ray amorphous chalcogenides; Band gap measurements of the metal chalcogenides by optical measurements; Laser induced fluorescence spectra of cadmium sulfide.