Facile solvothermal synthesis of abnormal growth of one-dimensional ZnO nanostructures by ring-opening reaction of polyvinylpyrrolidone

- Facile solvothermal synthesis of ZnO nanostructures in super high alkaline alcoholic condition.
- The exact role and chemical transformations of PVP in solvothermal synthesis of ZnO nanostructures was revealed.
- Mechanism of abnormal growth of ZnO nanopyramids was proposed based on ring-opening reaction of PVP.