<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Crystalline zirconium dioxide nanorods have been prepared by a simple hydrothermal process using zirconium hydroxide as the zirconium raw material. Zirconium dioxide nanorods are composed of monoclinic zirconium dioxide phase, which has been confirmed by the X-ray diffraction analysis. Electron microscopy observations show that the zirconium dioxide nanorods have a single crystal structure, with the rod diameter of less than 100 nm and length of 1–2 μm. Hydrothermal temperature and reaction time play essential roles in the formation and growth of the zirconium dioxide nanorods. Nucleation and crystal growth process are proposed to explain the formation and growth of the zirconium dioxide nanorods.</p></abstract>

Crystalline zirconium dioxide nanorods have been prepared by a simple hydrothermal process using zirconium hydroxide as the zirconium raw material. Zirconium dioxide nanorods are composed of monoclinic zirconium dioxide phase, which has been confirmed by the X-ray diffraction analysis. Electron microscopy observations show that the zirconium dioxide nanorods have a single crystal structure, with the rod diameter of less than 100 nm and length of 1–2 μm. Hydrothermal temperature and reaction time play essential roles in the formation and growth of the zirconium dioxide nanorods. Nucleation and crystal growth process are proposed to explain the formation and growth of the zirconium dioxide nanorods.

Synthesis and formation process of zirconium dioxide nanorods

Key Lab of Materials Science and Processing of Anhui Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui, 243002, P. R. China

Materials Science-Poland

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Crystalline zirconium dioxide nanorods have been prepared by a simple hydrothermal process using zirconium hydroxide as the zirconium raw material. Zirconium...

Synthesis and formation process of zirconium dioxide nanorods

Published Online: Apr 20, 2013

Page range: 186 - 192

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-012-0087-z

Keywords
zirconium dioxide nanorods, crystal growth, electron microscopy, formation process

© 2013 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Synthesis and formation process of zirconium dioxide nanorods

Published Online: Apr 20, 2013

Page range: 186 - 192

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-012-0087-z

Keywordszirconium dioxide nanorods, crystal growth, electron microscopy, formation process

© 2013 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
zirconium dioxide nanorods, crystal growth, electron microscopy, formation process