Controlled synthesis of LaPO<sub>4</sub> and CePO<sub>4</sub> nanorods/nanowires

Minhua Cao(Northeast Normal University), Changwen Hu(Beijing Institute of Technology), Qingyin Wu(Zhejiang University), Caixin Guo(Northeast Normal University), Yanjuan Qi(Northeast Normal University), Enbo Wang(Northeast Normal University)
Nanotechnology
January 15, 2005
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Abstract

LaPO(4) and CePO(4) nanorods/nanowires with controlled aspect ratios have been successfully synthesized using a hydrothermal microemulsion method under mild conditions. It has been shown that the obtained LaPO(4) has a monoclinic structure, while CePO(4) exists in the hexagonal structure. Uniform nanorods/nanowires with diameters of 20-60 nm and lengths ranging from several hundreds of nanometres to several micrometres were obtained. The aspect ratios of the obtained 1D nanostructures can be fine-tuned by simply changing the [H(2)O ]/[surfactant] molar ratios. The possible growth mechanism of LaPO(4) and CePO(4) nanorods/nanowires was explored in detail.


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