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Lead(II) selenide

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Linear Formula:
PbSe
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
286.16
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

Assay

99.99%

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density

8.1 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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SMILES string

[Se]=[PbH2]

InChI

1S/Pb.Se

InChI key

GGYFMLJDMAMTAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Lead selenide has cubic rocksalt crystal structure which undergoes transition at high pressures to orthorhombic structure.2 PbSe is a semiconductor material that emits infrared radiation. Heat capacity of PbSe was evaluated by Kelley-Parks-Huffman method.
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Application

Lead selenide may be used to prepare PbSe/CdSe core/shell nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) applications such as infrared lasers and biological labels. Other applications may be as photodetectors.

Packaging

Packaged in poly bottles

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Repr. 1A - STOT RE 2

Storage Class Code

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Yen-Fu Lin et al.
Electrophoresis, 33(16), 2475-2481 (2012-08-18)
DEP is one of promising techniques for positioning nanomaterials into the desirable location for nanoelectronic applications. In contrast, the lithography technique is commonly used to make ultra-thin conducting wires and narrow gaps but, due to the limit of patterning resolution
Fen-Ying Kong et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 39(1), 177-182 (2012-08-14)
An electrochemical method for the simultaneous detection of two different tumor markers, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and α-fetoprotein (AFP), in one-pot, using CdS/DNA and PbS/DNA nanochains as labels was developed. Herein, magnetic beads (MBs) as bimolecule immobilizing carriers, were used for
Joshua J Choi et al.
Nano letters, 12(9), 4791-4798 (2012-08-15)
The self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals into ordered superstructures depends critically on the shape of the nanocrystal building blocks. We investigated the self-assembly of cubic PbSe nanocrystals from colloidal suspensions in real-time using in situ synchrotron-based X-ray scattering. We combined small-angle
Utilizing the lability of lead selenide to produce heterostructured nanocrystals with bright, stable infrared emission.
Pietryga JM, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(14), 4879- 4885 (2008)
Investigation into the mechanism of oxidation on the surface of lead selenide semiconductor structures
Popov VP, et al.
Glass Phys. Chem., 29(5), 494-500 (2003)

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