Journal article
Plasma-aided template synthesis of inorganic nanotubes and nanorods
Journal of materials chemistry, v 17(16), pp 1593-1596
01 Jan 2007
Abstract
This work presents a new sol-gel deposition method to synthesize high purity SiO2 and ZrO2 nanotubes and nanorods using track-etched membrane templates. Oxygen plasma pretreatment ensures pore-filling of the precursor solution and covalent bonding between template and precursor, while pyrolysis of the template-nanostructure composite completely removes organics and produces inorganic nanostructures. The nanotube/nanorod aspect ratio was tunable by the pore size and thickness of the template, while the wall thickness (from tube to rod) was controlled by the precursor concentration. The solvent-free plasma treatment and pyrolysis provide an efficient synthetic route to produce high purity inorganic nanostructures.
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Details
- Title
- Plasma-aided template synthesis of inorganic nanotubes and nanorods
- Creators
- Hong Chen - Drexel UniversityYossef A. Elabd - Drexel UniversityGiuseppe R. Palmese - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of materials chemistry, v 17(16), pp 1593-1596
- Publisher
- Royal Soc Chemistry
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000245599400007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34147111726
- Other Identifier
- 991019168878404721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary