title: Facile aqueous synthesis and growth mechanism of CdTe nanorods.
abstract: Single-crystal CdTe nanorods with diameters of 50-100 nm were synthesized under a surfactant-assisted hydrothermal condition. The experimental results indicated that with a temporal dependence the morphologies of CdTe nanocrystallites changed from nanoparticles to smooth surface nanorods. The crystal structure, morphology and optical properties of the products were investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fluorescence spectrophotometer. Furthermore, the formation mechanisms of the nanorods were investigated and discussed on the basis of the experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Center of Bio & Micro/nano Functional Materials, State Key Lab of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Haibo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Xiaopeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yongzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiangang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Minhua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang