faceted particles. The formation of regular, large faceted particles
has been previously observed for CdS, which were grown using
the cadmium analogues as precursors.16–18 We intend to further
study the role of the precursors in the growth mechanism and
morphology of the particles.
for Nano-structured Materials (NCNSM), CSIR, Pretoria for
HRTEM measurements.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF) of
South Africa through DST/NRF South African Research Chairs
Initiative (SARCHi) program. Neerish Revaprasadu would also
like to acknowledge the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for
an international author travel grant to visit the University of
Oxford, UK. Ms LD Nyamen also acknowledges the Organis-
ation of Women in Science for Developing World (OWSDW)
formerly TWOWS for a sandwich Postgraduate Fellowship. The
authors also acknowledge the Centre for Electron Microscopy,
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal for the TEM and National Centre
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