US 7,488,384 B2
Direct pyrolysis route to GaN quantum dots
Paul Gregory Van Patten, Athens, Ohio (US); and Guiquan Pan, Athens, Ohio (US)
Assigned to Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (US)
Filed on May 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/416,546.
Prior Publication US 2007/0256629 A1, Nov. 08, 2007
Int. Cl. C30B 1/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 117—3  [117/4; 117/7; 117/8; 117/944] 16 Claims
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1. The process comprising heating an amidogallium oligomer having no more than 10 amidogallium groups in the presence of ammonia, a primary amine, a secondary amine or mixtures thereof in the liquid phase to directly produce colloidal GaN nanocrystals.