Growth mechanism of highly branched titanium dioxide nanowires via oriented attachment

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 422-428

  Li, Dongsheng ^a,b   Soberanis, Frank ^a   Fu, Jia ^a   Hou, Wenting ^a   Wu, Jianzhong ^a   Kisailus, David ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED GROWTH; CONTROLLED SIZE; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TWIN FORMATION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84873404079     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg301388e     Document Type: Article

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