Selective Co-catalysed growth of novel MgO fishbone fractal nanostructures

Y. Q. Zhu; W. K. Hsu; W. Z. Zhou; M. Terrones; H. W. Kroto; D. R.M. Walton

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00939-3

Selective Co-catalysed growth of novel MgO fishbone fractal nanostructures

Y. Q. Zhu, W. K. Hsu, W. Z. Zhou, M. Terrones, H. W. Kroto, D. R.M. Walton

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Novel MgO fishbone- or fern-like nanostructures, and Al₂O₃ fibre networks, have been generated for the first time from an Al₂O₃ matrix containing MgO and SiO₂. The significance of the selective Co-catalysed growth of the elegant three-dimensional fractal fishbones is discussed. We have adopted the vapour-liquid-solid (V-L-S) and nucleation-aggregation (N-A) mechanisms, which take effect equally during the heating process, to account for the formation of these uniquely stacked fractal structures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	337-343
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	347
Issue number	4-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00939-3
State	Published - Oct 26 2001

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