Strem), oleic acid (OA, 90%, Aldrich), 1-octadecene (ODE, 90%, Aldrich),
methanol (Aldrich, 98%), cadmium nitrate tetrahydrate (Cd(NO3)2 × 4H2O, 99.99%, Aldrich), CdO (99.99+,
Sigma-Aldrich), myristic acid (MA, 99%, Aldrich), sodium hydroxide
(NaOH, Aldrich), hexane (>95% Sigma-Aldrich), ethanol (99.8%, Fluka),
toluene (99%, Fischer), formamide (FA, 99.5+%, Aldrich), acetonitrile
(MeCN, 99.9%, Sigma-Aldrich), N-methyl formamide
(MFA, 99%, Aldrich), dimethylformamide (DMF, 99.8%, Sigma-Aldrich),
hydrazine (98%, anhydrous, Aldrich), potassium sulfide (K2S, 99.5%, Strem), ammonium sulfide (40–48% solution in water,
Aldrich), antimony(III) sulfide (Sb2S3, 99.995%,
Aldrich), germanium(II) sulfide (GeS, 99.99%, Aldrich), sulfur (99.998%,
Sigma-Aldrich), As2S5 (99.99%, Sigma-Aldrich),
triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate (98%, Fluka), Na2S nanohydrate
(98%, Aldrich), ammonium thiocyanate (97.5%, Aldrich), sodium stannate
trihydrate (95%, Sigma-Aldrich), C6D6 (99.9%,
CIL), and DMSO-d6 (99.9%, CIL) were used
as received.