title: Single crystal manganese oxide multipods by oriented attachment.
abstract: Nonhydrolytic sol-gel processes in organic solvents have become very popular for the synthesis of metal oxide NCs. We report an affordable, high-yield, shape-control synthesis of MnO multipod nanocrystals with a quick reaction time. The reaction yields exclusively multipods; two to six pod nanocrystals are synthesized. The mechanism leading to this hierarchical nanostructure is studied in relation with an oriented attachment mechanism; all nanocrystals are found to be single crystals. The study is completed by high-resolution TEM, X-ray powder diffraction, and magnetic measurements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Agrégats Moléculaires et Matériaux Inorganiques, UMR 5072 CC15, Université Montpellier II, France. zitoun@univ-montp2.fr
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zitoun
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pinna
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Frolet
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belin