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Gluconate controls one-dimensional growth of tellurium nanostructures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2006

Feng Gao ,
Qingyi Lu  and
Sridhar Komarneni
Feng Gao
Affiliation:
Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Qingyi Lu
Affiliation:
Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Sridhar Komarneni*
Affiliation:
Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: komarneni@psu.edu
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Abstract

In this paper, we show for the first time that by using sodium gluconate-assisted solution route, fine, uniform, and single-crystalline tellurium nanorods and nanowires can be synthesized. Sodium gluconate is a green and safe chemical with strong chelating function, and this property may be useful in the fabrication of nanomaterials, especially one-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials. The sodium gluconate acts as both reducing agent and morphology-directing agent and by adjusting the experimental parameters, the lengths and the diameters of the tellurium nanorods could be further controlled in a certain range. This method is a simple and economical route for 1D nanostructure fabrication and might bring about a novel concept for the synthesis of 1D nanostructures with bio-ligand, sodium gluconate.

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Chemical synthesisHydrothermalMetal
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 343 - 348
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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