Self-catalyst growth of single-crystalline CaB6 nanostructures

被引:28
作者
Xu, Junqi [1 ]
Zhao, Yanming [1 ]
Zou, Chunyun [1 ]
Ding, Qiwei [1 ]
机构
[1] S China Univ Technol, Sch Phys, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
CaB6; RB6; nanowires; nanotubes; nanostructures;
D O I
10.1016/j.jssc.2007.06.027
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Large-scale calcium hexaboride (CaB6) nanostructures have been successfully fabricated with self-catalyst method using calcium (Ca) powders and boron trichloride (BCl3) gas mixed with hydrogen and argon. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEPA), and selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) were used to characterize the compositions, morphologies, and structures of the samples. Our results show that the nanowires are highly single crystals elongated preferentially in the [101] direction. The growth mechanism based on the self-catalyst process is simply discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:2577 / 2580
页数:4
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