title: Magnetic-field-assisted solvothermal growth of single-crystalline bismuth nanowires.
abstract: The magnetic-field-assisted approach has been used in the shape-controlled synthesis of single Bi nanocrystals. By tuning the magnetic field strength in the solvothermal process, Bi nanowires with dimension of 40-200 nm and lengths up to tens of micrometers were synthesized. Various techniques such as x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry have been used to characterize the products obtained. The results show that the magnetic field plays a key role in the crystal growth of the Bi nanowires. All nanowires were highly oriented single crystals with the growth direction along the c-axis.
authors: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, People's Republic of China.
authors: Yongbin
authors: Y
authors: Xu
authors: Zhongming
authors: Z
authors: Ren
authors: Weili
authors: W
authors: Ren
authors: Guanghui
authors: G
authors: Cao
authors: Kang
authors: K
authors: Deng
authors: Yunbo
authors: Y
authors: Zhong