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Nucleation and Growth of Gallium Oxide Tubes, Nanopaintbrushes and Nanowires from Molten Gallium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Shashank Sharma ,
Mahendra K. Sunkara ,
Uschi M. Graham  and
Burtron H. Davis
Shashank Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, U.S.A
Mahendra K. Sunkara*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, U.S.A
Uschi M. Graham
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, U.S.A
Burtron H. Davis
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, U.S.A
*
Corresponding author: mahendra@louisville.edu
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Abstract

We have synthesized highly crystalline β-gallium oxide tubes, nanowires, and unique one-dimensional structures in the form of nanopaintbrushes using molten gallium and microwave plasma containing a mixture of monoatomic oxygen and hydrogen. Multiple nucleation and growth of gallium oxide nanostructures occurred directly out of molten gallium upon exposure to an appropriate composition of hydrogen and oxygen in the gas phase. Gallium oxide nanowires were 20 to 100 nm thick and tens to hundreds of microns long. In addition to these morphologies, we also report for the first time, non-template based synthesis of novel 2-D networks of crystalline gallium oxide nanowires and nanotubes. Demonstration of this technique with gallium oxide certainly presents a new route for synthesis of nanostructures of other important metal oxides such as indium oxide, tin oxide, and zinc oxide.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 755: Symposium DD – Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials IV , 2002 , DD9.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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