Triethylene glycol dimethyl ether

Cadmium oxide (99.5%, powder), 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA, 99%), 1-octadecene (ODE, technical grade, 90%), oleylamine (OLA, technical grade, 70%), hexadecylamine (technical grade, 90%), trioctylamine (98%), trioctylphisphine (TOP, technical grade, 97%), selenium powder (powder, 100 mesh, 99.5%), zinc oxide (puriss, 99–100%), thiourea (TU, ACS Reagent,>99%), triethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TEGDME, 99%), hexadecylamine (technical grade, 90%), palmitic acid (BioXtra, ≥99%) zinc acetate dihydrate (ACS reagent, ≥99.0%), magnesium acetate tetrahydrate (ACS reagent, ≥98%), aluminium chloride hexahydrate (99%), gallium nitrate hydrate (99.9%), lithium chloride (anhydrous, ACS reagent, ≥99%), tetramethylammonium chloride (TMACl, reagent grade, ≥98%), potassium hydroxide (reagent grade, 90%), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, anhydrous, ≥99.9%), and monoethanolamine (MEA, ACS reagent, ≥99.0%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. n-Hexadecylphosphonic acid (97%) was from PlasmaChem GmbH. Methyl acetate (extra pure, 99%) was from Acros. Hexane, n-octane, toluene, acetone, methanol, ethanol, n-butanol, and isopropyl alcohol of spectroscopy grade were purchased from the local supplier Ekos-1. All reagents were used as received, without purification.

1-Dodecanthiol (DDT, 98%) was obtained from Acros Organics; Zinc stearate (65%), Zinc oxide (99%) and Indium (III) acetate (In(Ac)₃, 98%), Silver (I) nitrate (AgNO₃, ≥99.5%), Oleic acid (OA, 90%), 1-Octadecene (ODE, 90%), Oleylamine (OlAm, 70%), 2-Ethylhexanoic acid (99%), Thiourea (99%), Triethyleneglycol dimethylether (98%), L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate (98%), Potassium hydroxide (KOH, 90%) were purchased from Sigma Aldrich (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Organic cyanine dyes: 3,3′-diethylthiacarbocyanine iodide (Cy3) (95%) and 3,3′-diethylthiadicarbocyanine iodide (Cy5) (98%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Solvents: Isopropanol (99.8%), acetone (99.75%), and chloroform (99.9%) were obtained from Vekton (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). All chemicals were used without further purification. Ultrapure water (Milli-Q) was used throughout the experiments.

d-penicillamine (99%) and zinc (II) nitrate hexahydrate (99.998%), sodium sulfide nonahydrate (98%) were obtained from Acros Organics (Moscow, Russia); and indium (III) chloride (98%), silver (I) nitrate (≥99.5%), 1-dodecantiol (DDT), 1-octadecene (ODE), oleylamine (OA, 70%), ammonium hydroxide solution (25%), 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA, purity > 98%), 2-ethylhexanoic acid (99%), thiourea (99%), triethyleneglycol dimethylether (98%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. Organic cyanine dyes: 3,3′-diethylthiacarbocyanine iodides (Cy3) and 3,3′-diethylthiadicarbocyanine iodide (Cy5) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. All chemicals were used without further purification. Ultrapure water (Milli-Q) was used throughout the experiments.