title: From Multicomponent precursor to nanoparticle nanoribbons of ZnO.
abstract: A simple mild solution method is developed to synthesize a novel nanoribbon multicomponent precursor. A new 1-D nanostructure, porous structured nanoribbons which are self-assembled by textured ZnO nanoparticles, was found upon removal of ligand molecules from the ribbonlike precursor. The structure combines 1-dimensional geometry with nanoparticle morphology and displays porous structure because there are gaps/pores between the particles. The orientation textured structure of the ZnO nanoparticles can be formed by controlling the annealing time. The ZnO nanoparticle nanoribbons exhibit a long geometrical shape, uniformity, a high aspect ratio, and different optical activities with different nanostuctures. These findings demonstrate a convenient, simple technique for production of the novel one-dimensional semiconductor nanostructure suitable for subsequent processing into nanostructures, materials, and devices.
authors.affiliation: State Key Lab of Fire Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, P. R. China. zgui@ustc.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gui
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhengzhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Weicheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Daoyong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen