authors |
Shi, FN; Rocha, J; Trindade, T |
nationality |
International |
journal |
MATERIALS LETTERS |
author keywords |
hydrothermal synthesis; synthetic minerals; morphological properties; host materials |
keywords |
MECHANISM; CRYSTALS; GROWTH; FIBERS |
abstract |
Rod-like particles of the analogues of mineral natrophilite (NaMnPO4) have been prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. Micro-patterning of such crystals has been performed by a judicious choice of the reacting conditions, yielding open microtubules with internal diameters ranging from 10 to 30 mum. A plausible mechanism for the tubular microstructure formation has been proposed. The use of NaMnPO4 microtubules as host materials for metallic (e.g. gold) particles has been discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
publisher |
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
issn |
0167-577X |
year published |
2005 |
volume |
59 |
issue |
6 |
beginning page |
652 |
ending page |
655 |
digital object identifier (doi) |
10.1016/j.matlet.2004.10.055 |
web of science category |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied |
subject category |
Materials Science; Physics |
unique article identifier |
WOS:000226802500010
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