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Polyol-mediated synthesis of single-crystal tellurium nanowires directly from polycrystalline powder

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Single-crystal trigonal tellurium (t-Te) nanowires were successfully synthesized by the direct transformation of polycrystalline powder via a convenient polyol-mediated route. These nanowires have an average diameter of 80 nm and lengths up to tens of micrometers. The high-resolution transmission electron microscopy image and the selected-area electron-diffraction pattern reveal that the as-obtained tellurium nanowires are single crystalline with a growth direction of [001]. The mechanism of this transformation perhaps follows the dissolution–recrystallization mechanism.

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Chen, X., Wang, Z., Wang, X. et al. Polyol-mediated synthesis of single-crystal tellurium nanowires directly from polycrystalline powder. Appl. Phys. A 80, 1443–1445 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-3004-4

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