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Effect of ultrasonic treatment before and after hydrothermal process on the morphologies and formation mechanism of ZnO nanorods

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ZnO nanorods were fabricated by ultrasonic treatment before and after a hydrothermal process. The morphology and structure of the nanorods were individually characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The results show that before the hydrothermal process, fore-ultrasonic treatment can directly gain ZnO nanorods which mainly experienced four conversion stages from initial bulk Zn(OH)2, a coexisting phase of bulk Zn(OH)2 with ZnO nanoslices, ZnO nanoslices with flower-like ZnO nanorods and finally to purely flower-like ZnO nanorods. After the hydrothermal process, the post-ultrasonic treatment mainly influences the aggregation degree of the ZnO nanorods. The formation mechanism of ultrasonic treatment on ZnO nanorods is also discussed.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51201052), the Special Fund for Scientific and Technological Innovative Talents in Harbin City (No. 2012RFQXG107) and the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China (No. E201056).

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Zhang, J.J., Guo, E.J., Yue, H.Y. et al. Effect of ultrasonic treatment before and after hydrothermal process on the morphologies and formation mechanism of ZnO nanorods. Appl. Phys. A 114, 521–528 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7604-8

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