title: Hydrothermal synthesis of ultralong and single-crystalline Cd(OH)2 nanowires using alkali salts as mineralizers.
abstract: Ultralong and single-crystalline Cd(OH)(2) nanowires were fabricated by a hydrothermal method using alkali salts as mineralizers. The morphology and size of the final products strongly depend on the effects of the alkali salts (e.g., KCl, KNO(3), and K(2)SO(4) or NaCl, NaNO(3), and Na(2)SO(4)). When the salt is absent, only nanoparticles are observed in TEM images of the products. The 1D nanostructure growth method presented herein offers an excellent tool for the design of other advanced materials with anisotropic properties. In addition, the Cd(OH)(2) nanowires might act as a template or precursor that is potentially converted into 1D cadmium oxide through dehydration or into 1D nanostructures of other functional materials (e.g., CdS, CdSe).
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China. tangb@sdnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Linhai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhuo
authors.forename: Jiechao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Jinye
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shi