Facile and mild solution synthesis of Cu2O nanowires and nanotubes driven by screw dislocations
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 48 (8), 1174-1176
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc16333k
Abstract
We report a green synthesis of Cu2O nanowires and nanotubes in aqueous solution by reducing Cu2+ to Cu+ with glucose or fructosevia Fehling's reaction. The screw dislocation-driven growth of Cu2O nanowires and nanotubes is confirmed by imaging the dislocation contrast, the Eshelby twist associated with dislocations and the spontaneously formed hollow nanotubes.Keywords
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