Biomolecule-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and self-assembly of Bi 2Te3 nanostring-cluster hierarchical structure

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2523-2530

  Mi, Jian Li ^a   Lock, Nina ^a   Sun, Ting ^b   Christensen, Mogens ^a   Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Hald, Peter ^a   Hng, Huey H ^b   Ma, Jan ^b   Iversen, Bo B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bismuth telluride; Hierarchical nanostructure; Hydrothermal synthesis; Self assembly; Thermoelectric materials

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ALGINIC ACID; BISMUTH TELLURIDE; CONCENTRATION OF; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH REACTION TEMPERATURES; NANO-MATERIALS; NANO-PLATELETS; NAOH CONCENTRATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE; REACTION TIME; REDUCTANTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BIOMOLECULES; BISMUTH; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANORODS; PLATELETS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

ALGINIC ACID; BISMUTH; BISMUTH TELLURIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; NANOMATERIAL; REDUCING AGENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGINATES; BISMUTH; GLUCURONIC ACID; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; REDUCING AGENTS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TELLURIUM; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77952921587     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100267q     Document Type: Article

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