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PREPARATION OF SiO2 HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURE VIA CATALYST-FREE THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD
https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793292013500434Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
Abstract
A novel hierarchical nanostructure of SiO2 nanowires standing on SiO2 microwires was synthesized through a catalyst-free thermal evaporation method in nitrogen atmosphere. The SiO2 nanowires have an average diameter of 100 nm and length of 2 μm, while the diameter of the SiO2 microwires is around 10 μm and the length is hundreds of micrometers. The photoluminescence spectrum of the SiO2 hierarchical nanostructure shows stable blue and green emission at 442 nm and 533 nm, respectively. An oxygen-assisted three-step growth mechanism was suggested to interpret the growth of the SiO2 hierarchical nanostructure.
