title: Sonochemical fabrication of 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum (Alq3) nanoflowers with high electrogenerated chemiluminescence.
abstract: Well-defined Alq(3) nanoflowers were fabricated via a facile and fast sonochemical route. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize the structure and shape of the as-prepared product. The results showed that the resulting Alq(3) was composed of nanobelts with thickness about 50 nm, average widths of 200 nm, and length up to 10 μm. The Alq(3) nanoflowers exhibited good electrogenerated chemiluminescence behavior.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (MOE), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China.
authors.forename: Chang-Jie
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Dan-Chen
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Cheng
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jun-Jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D049449:Luminescence; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C547306:tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum