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Superstructure transformations from hexagonal to tetragonal microplates and nested two-dimensional nanonetworks

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Design and synthesis of super-nanostructures have obtained increasing attention in nanotechnology. A series of superstructured-nanonetwork and nested-nanonetwork bismuth compounds have been developed recently based on lattice-directed topotactic transformation. Here we further develop some specific superstructures by transformation within different crystalline types, such as hexagonal BiI3 micro/nanoplates, tetragonal BiOI micro/nanoplates and nested two-dimensional (2D) orthogonal Bi2S3 nanonetworks, based on the lattice matching between the product and precursor. The method offers a convenient and common route in synthesizing heterojunctions and bi-material nanostructures similarly.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61006078, 11374069), the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB934102), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Pilot Program (XDA09020300).

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  1. National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China

    Jianming Zhang, Ye Tian & Qian Liu

  2. Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA

    Chuanfei Guo

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Zhang, J., Guo, C., Tian, Y. et al. Superstructure transformations from hexagonal to tetragonal microplates and nested two-dimensional nanonetworks. Chin. Sci. Bull. 59, 1787–1793 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0292-8

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