title: Controlled fabrication of SnO(2) arrays of well-aligned nanotubes and nanowires.
abstract: Highly oriented SnO(2) nanotubes and nanowires arrays have been selectively fabricated via a convenient one-step wet-chemical approach using anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) as a hard template. Wall thickness of the SnO(2) nanotubes was tunable. The as-prepared nanostructures were composed of fine particles with sizes as small as 5 nm. Formation mechanism of SnO(2) nanostructure arrays with different shape is also discussed based on the experimental results. The structure, morphology, composition properties of the as-prepared samples were characterized using X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectrum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China. sliang@ustc.edu.cn
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yeming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004583:Electrons; D008422:Materials Testing; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000379:methods; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D011208:Powders; D012666:Semiconductors; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / Q000379:methods; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D011208:Powders; D017971:Tin Compounds; C045358:stannic oxide