| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10632142 | Materials Research Bulletin | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
A sol-gel process followed by annealing was employed to fabricate single crystal aluminium borate (Al4B2O9 and Al18B4O33) nanowires. The diameter of Al4B2O9 nanowires synthesized at 750 °C annealing is ranging from 7 to 17 nm, and that of Al18B4O33 nanowires synthesized at 1050 °C annealing is about 38 nm. Instead of the well-known vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism, self-catalytic mechanism was used to explain the growth of the nanowires.
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Authors
Jun Wang, Jian Sha, Qing Yang, Youwen Wang, Deren Yang,