Surfactant-assisted solvothermal synthesis of single-crystal zinc antimonide nanorods

One-dimensional ZnSb nanorods with the diameter of 20 nm have been synthesized by one-step surfactant-assisted solvothermal method. The ZnSb nanorods have single-crystalline structure with a growth direction of [0 0 1]. The experimental results indicate that the final morphologies of ZnSb nanostructures can be controlled by the surfactant.