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Facile Gram‐Scale Growth of Single‐Crystalline Nanotetrapod‐Assembled ZnO Through a Rapid Process
Author(s) -
Li Jianye,
Peng Hongying,
Liu Jie,
Everitt Henry O.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.200701306
Subject(s) - chemistry , photoluminescence , nanotechnology , gram , chemical engineering , catalysis , optoelectronics , materials science , organic chemistry , genetics , bacteria , engineering , biology
From a rapid combustion and catalyst‐free method, puresingle‐crystalline nanotetrapod‐assembled bulk nano‐ZnO was grown on a gram‐scale for the first time. The gram‐scale bulk nano‐ZnO is synthesized from ZnO powder with great reliability and repeatability, and also a high conversion efficiency. All four arms of the nanotetrapods are cone shaped and grow in the [001] direction. The photoluminescence properties of the nanotetrapod‐assembled ZnO were studied and a mechanism was suggested for the growth of the bulk nanotetrapod‐assembled ZnO. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)