Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1525465 | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A facile solution-phase process has been demonstrated for the selective preparation of single-crystalline Cu nanoplates and nanowires by reducing Cu+ with ascorbic acid (VC) in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) or cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC). To study the formation process of nanoplates and nanowires, samples obtained at various stages of the growth process were studied by TEM and XRD. The possible mechanism was discussed to elucidate the formation of different morphologies of Cu nanostructures. UV–vis spectra of the Cu nanoplates and nanowires were recorded to investigate their optical properties, which indicated that the as-prepared Cu nanostructures exhibited morphology-dependent optical property.
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Authors
Shuling Xu, Xun Sun, Hong Ye, Ting You, Xinyu Song, Sixiu Sun,