Growth of tin oxide nanorods induced by nanocube-oriented coalescence mechanism

L. Z. Liu; X. X. Li; X. L. Wu; X. T. Chen; Paul K. Chu

doi:10.1063/1.3572021

Growth of tin oxide nanorods induced by nanocube-oriented coalescence mechanism

L. Z. Liu
, X. X. Li
, X. L. Wu
, X. T. Chen
, Paul K. Chu

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SnO₂ nanocrystals (NCs) with spherical, cubic, and cuboid nanorod morphologies are obtained at different stages in hydrothermal synthesis using a SnCl₄ 5 H₂ O to CO (NH₂)₂ ratio of 1 to 10. Microstructural examination and theoretical derivation reveal that small spherical NCs are formed initially and some of them morph into cylindrical NCs because of the low surface free energy. These NCs transform into bigger cubic NCs with time finally evolving into cuboid nanorods due to Brownian motion. The cuboid nanorods have a lower surface free energy than the cubic NCs and constitute a stable nanostructure. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.

Original language	English
Article number	133102
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3572021
Publication status	Published - 28 Mar 2011

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