A Facile Synthesis of CdSe and CdTe Nanorods Assisted by Myristic Acid

A simple, productive, low-cost route has been developed to synthesize the high-quality 1-D nanorods of CdE (E = Se, Te) with 3–8 nm in diameter and 5–40 nm in length using myristic acid as a complexing agent. Moreover, the reaction is performed under mild conditions and relatively low temperatures. The X-ray powder diffraction patterns confirmed the CdE nanorods with wurtzite structure.