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Facile Synthesis and Shape Evolution of Single‐Crystal Cuprous Oxide
Author(s) -
Liang Xudong,
Gao Lian,
Yang Songwang,
Sun Jing
Publication year - 2009
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.200802783
Subject(s) - materials science , octahedron , dodecahedron , yield (engineering) , crystallography , oxide , chemical engineering , cube (algebra) , crystal (programming language) , nanotechnology , crystal structure , metallurgy , chemistry , programming language , mathematics , computer science , engineering , combinatorics
Various morphologies of single‐crystal Cu 2 O such as cube, octahedron, {110} truncated octahedron, and microrhombic dodecahedron with {110} surfaces are prepared in high yield through a facile solution‐based one‐step reduction method in an alkaline H 2 O/ethanol/oleic acid system in the presence of d‐(+)‐glucose. The formation mechanism of these microcrystals has been clarified as the synergic effect of oriented attachment and ripening mechanism.