Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Sodium hydroxide, 98% | Fisher | BP359 | |
| Myristic acid, 99% | Sigma Aldrich | M3128 | |
| Methanol, 99.8% | Fisher | A412 | |
| Cadmium nitrate tetrahydrate, 99% | Sigma Aldrich | 20911 | Highly toxic |
| Cadmium oxide (CdO), 99.99% | Sigma Aldrich | 202894 | Highly toxic |
| 1-Octadecene (ODE), 90% | Sigma Aldrich | O806 | Technical grade |
| Selenium (Se), 100 mesh, 99.99% | Sigma Aldrich | 229865 | |
| Tri-n-octylphosphine (TOP), 97% | Strem | 15-6655 | Air sensitive |
| Sulfur (S), 99.9995% | Alfa Aesar | 10343 | |
| Trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO), 99% | Strem | 15-6661 | |
| N-Octadecylphosphonic acid (ODPA), 99% | PCI Synthesis | 104224 | |
| Methanol, anhydrous, 99.8% | Sigma Aldrich | 322415 | |
| Toluene, anhydrous, 99.8% | Sigma Aldrich | 244511 | |
| Chloroform, anhydrous, 99% | Sigma Aldrich | 288306 | |
| Acetone, 99.9% | Fisher | A949 | Dried over 4Å sieves |
| Hexane, anhydrous, 95% | Sigma Aldrich | 296090 | |
| 2-Propanol, anhydrous, 99.5% | Sigma Aldrich | 278475 | |
| Selenium dioxide, 99.999% | Sigma Aldrich | 204315 | |
| Oleic acid, 90% | Sigma Aldrich | 364525 | Technical grade |
| Oleylamine, 70% | Sigma Aldrich | O7805 | Technical grade |
| Propylphosphonic acid (PPA), 95% | Sigma Aldrich | 305685 | |
| Ethanol, anhydrous, 99.5% | Sigma Aldrich | 459836 | |
| Octylamine, 99% | Sigma Aldrich | O5802 |
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