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Growth and morphologies of one- and three-dimensional MgO nanostructures

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A variety of MgO nanostructures have been fabricated by a direct gas reaction route using Mg as starting material. The evaporation of Mg combined with a mixed oxygen/argon gas provided the constituents for the MgO nanostructure growth. They were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). SEM observations revealed several MgO morphologies including one-dimensional nanowires, three-dimensional cube-shaped entities and rope-like nanowires. HRTEM and SAED results indicate that they were single-crystalline face-centered cubic MgO.

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  1. Nanoscale Physics and Devices Lab, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, P.O. Box 603, Beijing, 100080, P.R. China

    M. Zhao, X.L. Chen, X.N. Zhang, L. Dai, J.K. Jian & Y.P. Xu

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Zhao, M., Chen, X., Zhang, X. et al. Growth and morphologies of one- and three-dimensional MgO nanostructures. Appl. Phys. A 79, 429–431 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2745-4

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