title: Large-scale synthesis of a novel tri(8-hydroxyquioline) aluminum nanostructure.
abstract: A novel tri(8-hydroxyquioline) aluminum (AlQ3) nanostructure was prepared on large scale at low cost by low-temperature physical vapor deposition (PVD). The morphologies, the chemical bondings, and photoluminescence of the AlQ3 nanostructure were investigated by environmental scanning electronic microscopy (ESEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR), and photoluminescence (PL) spectra, respectively. The AlQ3 nanostructure was composed of micro-sphere with nanowire-cluster growing on the surface. The diameter of micro-sphere and nanowire were about 5 microm and 80 nm, respectively. FT-IR results indicated that the AlQ3 molecule had a strong thermal stability under research conditions. The growth mechanism of the novel nanostructure was discussed. The novel organic nanostructure would be believed to attractive building field-emission devices and other optical devices.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230031, PR China.
authors.forename: Xike
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Jinbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.forename: Zhenbang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhidong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Lide
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008863:Microspheres; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010777:Photochemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D000535:Aluminum