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Ennobling chalcogenides

Nature Synthesis volume 1, pages 582–583 (2022)Cite this article

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Noble metal chalcogenides are rapidly becoming attractive materials in several areas of nanoscience; however, their synthesis remains challenging. Now, a simple cation exchange protocol has been employed to prepare these materials in various phases and morphologies.

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Fig. 1: A simple cation exchange process for synthesizing noble metal chalcogenides.

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