Data for: Preceramic polymer assisted nucleation and growth of copper sulfide nanoplates

In this work, a novel synthesis technique is presented in which a functionalized pre-ceramic polymer is used to stably assist the formation of a copper sulfide nanoplate and act as the end graft molecule in a one-pot approach. This is significant, as it offers a one-pot nanofiller precursor synthesis that should more easily disperse into similar preceramic polymer polysiloxane matrices than conventional nanoparticles for advanced polymer-derived ceramic nanocomposite formation. We have used a wide range of characterization techniques to probe the nanoparticle core formed in the synthesis, the final graft molecule, and the role of the pre-ceramic polymer during synthesis. This includes synchrotorn X-ray difffraction and pair distribution functions, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, in-situ small-angle X-ray scattering, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. All of which are included in this data repository, labeled with the figure numbers from the corresponding article through Communications Materials.