Ethylenediamine assisted growth of single crystal tellurium channels

Single crystal tellurium channels have been synthesized through the ethylenediamine assisted hydrothermal treatment method. The products were characterized by SEM, TEM, SAED, HRTEM, EDS and XRD measurements. The results show that the as-prepared tellurium channels have the 1D channel like nanostructures with the width about 600 nm in diameter. It is also shown that the tellurium channels with the hexagonal phase crystallinity grow preferentially along the [001] direction.