title: Spontaneous formation of cadmium hydroxide nanostrands in water.
abstract: Cadmium hydroxide nanostrands with a diameter of 1.9 nm were spontaneously formed by raising the pH of a dilute Cd(NO3)2 solution. The length reaches a few micrometers and the aspect ratio exceeds 1000. The crystallographic structure was successfully elucidated by high-resolution electron microscopy. The surface of the nanostrands was remarkably positively charged and adsorbed an astonishing number of negatively charged dye molecules.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan. ichinose.izumi@nims.go.jp
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurashima
authors.forename: Toyoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunitake