title: Synthesis of germanium nanocubes by a low-temperature inverse micelle solvothermal technique.
abstract: We present a low-temperature inverse micelle solvothermal approach for the synthesis of germanium nanocubes using the surfactant heptaethylene glycol monododecyl ether as a capping agent. X-ray diffraction results indicate that the as-prepared nanocubes are diamond-type pure germanium. Transmission electron microscopy observations show that the as-prepared germanium nanocubes have an edge length of 100 +/-20 nm, highly crystallized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA.
authors.forename: Wenzhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ren