ZnO nanorods grown on cotton fabrics at low temperature

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)250-255
Journal / PublicationChemical Physics Letters
Volume398
Issue number1-3
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

An effective low-temperature growth approach to grow hexagonally oriented ZnO nanorod arrays onto fibrous substrate is reported. The typical nanorods synthesized in this study were 10-50 nm in diameter and 300-500 nm in length. Meanwhile novel structural meso-scale dumbbells uniformly grown in aqueous solution were firstly discovered with the length of 2.1 μm, diameter of 700, 800 and 450 nm in a larger end face, in a smaller end face and in the waist, respectively. The cotton fabrics treated in this study provided an excellent UV protection factor rating of 50+ and therefore implied high photocatalytic activities. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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ZnO nanorods grown on cotton fabrics at low temperature. / Wang, Ronghua; Xin, John H.; Tao, Xiao Ming et al.
In: Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 398, No. 1-3, 01.11.2004, p. 250-255.

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