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Periodically Twinned Nanotowers and Nanodendrites of Mercury Selenide Synthesized via a Solution–Liquid–Solid Route
Author(s) -
Qin A. M.,
Zhou X. S.,
Qiu Y. F.,
Fang Y. P.,
Su C. Y.,
Yang S. H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200701127
Subject(s) - materials science , mercury (programming language) , selenide , nanostructure , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , metallurgy , selenium , computer science , engineering , programming language
Two types of mercury selenide nanostructures , nanotowers and nanoscale dendrites, have been created with good control and high yield by a solution–liquid–solid process. Alternating twinned structures have been achieved in both the nanotowers and the nanodendrites, which originate from self‐oscillations of local reaction variables sustained by the competition between the rates of supply and deposition of HgSe in the liquid mercury droplets.