The growth of hematite nanobelts and nanowires-tune the shape via oxygen gas pressure

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1014-1021

  Yuan, Lu ^a   Jiang, Qike ^b   Wang, Jianbo ^b   Zhou, Guangwen ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH MORPHOLOGY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; OXIDE GROWTH; OXYGEN GAS PRESSURE; THERMAL OXIDATION;

HEMATITE; IRON ORES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOBELTS;

EID: 84859057761     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.19     Document Type: Article

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