Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Shuttle-shaped Single-Crystalline Te Nanotubes Decorated with Spherical Particles

Title: Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Shuttle-shaped Single-Crystalline Te Nanotubes Decorated with Spherical Particles

Volume: 7 Issue: 2

Author(s): Guangbin Ji, Lei Guo, Xiaofeng Chang, Yousong Liu, Lijia Pan, Yi Shi and YouLiao Zheng

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Keywords: Te nanotubes, microwave-assisted, polyol, photoluminance, Shuttle-shaped, Spherical Particles, X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Abstract: Shuttle-shaped single-crystalline Te nanotubes decorated with spherical particles on outer surface have been successfully synthesized in reaction media of polyol solvent through a simple and rapid microwave-assisted approach. The length, outer diameter and wall thickness of as-synthesized Te nanotubes were roughly measured at 5-15 μm, 300-500 nm and 100-150 nm, respectively. The crystal growth process of Te nanotubes was investigated and discussed as the key issue of this present study, and it was found that the scrollinggrowth- based mechanism would best account for the formation process of the shuttle-shaped Te nanotubes. Photoluminance (PL) measurements displayed that the as-synthesized Te nanotubes can not only give strong violet blue emission but also strong red emission, and such unique optical property could be beneficial for nano-optical applications.

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Ji Guangbin, Guo Lei, Chang Xiaofeng, Liu Yousong, Pan Lijia, Shi Yi and Zheng YouLiao, Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Shuttle-shaped Single-Crystalline Te Nanotubes Decorated with Spherical Particles, Current Nanoscience 2011; 7 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341311794653677