title: Self-assembly of SnO2 quantum dots into hierarchically ordered structures assisted by oriented attachment.
abstract: Taking SnO2 quantum dots with random orientation as a precursor, NaOH induces self-assembly of SnO2 dots to form the nanowires, side-by-side attachment of which generates hierarchically ordered structures. The multistep oriented attachment mechanism can help to describe the oriented assembly of big nanocrystals.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China. zlin@fjirsm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zanyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Xiaogang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D045663:Quantum Dots / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017971:Tin Compounds; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; C045358:stannic oxide