Synthesizing Boron Nitride Quantum Dots in Microdroplets
. For the boric acid-ammonia system, the dehydration and deamination process is accelerated on the air-water interface. In a spraying-recirculating microdroplet reactor, milligram-scale quantities of BNQDs with an average diameter of ∼8.5 nm are produced within 1 h, establishing a green, bottom-up route for nanomaterial synthesis by exploiting the intrinsic reactivity of water microdroplets.
Authors
- Richard N. Zare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-4253)
- Muhammad Naeem Younis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-6973)
- Muhammad Kamran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0780-1356)
- Xiaowei Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3611-2816)
- Abdulaziz A. Alzamil
- Chanbasha Basheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-2822)
- Jinheng Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1187-5389)
- Lecheng Lyu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0599-700X)
- Rashed Saed Bikdash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4877-4199)
- Chao Li
Institutions
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (SA)
- Ensuiko Sugar Refining (Japan) (JP)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano Letters
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c05995
- Primary Topic
- Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00