Multitwinned spinel nanowires by assembly of nanobricks via oriented attachment: A Case Study of Zn 2TiO 4

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-562

  Yang, Yang ^a   Scholz, Roland ^a   Fan, Hong Jin ^b   Hesse, Dietrich ^a   Gö sele, Ulrich ^a   Zacharias, Margit ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core shell nanowires; Oriented attachment; Ostwald ripening; Self assembly; Solid solid reaction; Twin boundary; Zn 2TiO 4

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; SOLID-SOLID REACTION; TWIN BOUNDARY; ZN 2TIO 4;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CATALYSTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; NANOWIRES; OSTWALD RIPENING; SELF ASSEMBLY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRIC WIRE;

EID: 65249147693     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800681q     Document Type: Article

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