Water as an agent for the morphology modification of metal oxalate materials on the nanoscale: from sheets to rods

Autor: Sungho Yoon, Minog Kim, Yoo-Jin Kim, Won-Jong Kwon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS(6)
Scientific Reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep19282
Popis: A number of approaches have been used to control the shape of metal oxalates, which often used as precursors for metal oxide nanomaterials. However, attempts to use water as a regulator have not been reported. Here in we report systematic studies on related topics: nanosheets, composed of 1-dimensional [M(C2O4)(EG)] (M = Zn or Co) polymeric structure, could be transformed into nanorods by using water as a shape-shifting agent because water can readily substitute EG ligand, leading alternation of inter-chain hydrogen bonding interactions. In addition, heat-treatment of these nanomaterials with diverse morphologies resulted in porous metal oxides with high degrees of shape retention.
Databáze: OpenAIRE