title: Hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanorods in the diameter regime of 50 nm.
abstract: We report a novel wet-chemical approach at 180 degrees C for the synthesis of monodispersed ZnO nanorods with high single-crystallinity. The method has successfully brought the ZnO nanorod diameter from a reported 150 nm down to the 50 nm regime in this work. The aspect ratio of the synthesized nanorods achieved is exceptionally high (in the range of 30-40). This simple low-cost approach should promise us a future large-scale synthesis of ZnO nanostructures for many important applications in nanotechnology in a controlled manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hua Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zeng