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Bio-inspired synthesis of ZnO polyhedral single crystals under eggshell membrane direction

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A simple and versatile technique was developed to prepare hierarchical ZnO single crystals by introducing eggshell membrane (ESM) to a bio-inspired approach. Based on the control of nucleation and gestation, ZnO nanocrystallites could grow at three dimensions into polyhedral single crystals through a surface sol-gel process followed by a calcination treatment. Different from traditional wet chemical techniques, our synthetic process depends more on the restrictive or directing functions of the ESM biomacromolecules. The hierarchical ZnO nanostructures doped with polyhedral single crystallites could be desirable for catalysts, photoelectrochemical devices, especially solar cells.

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    Huilan Su, Fang Song, Qun Dong, Tuoqi Li, Xin Zhang & Di Zhang

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Su, H., Song, F., Dong, Q. et al. Bio-inspired synthesis of ZnO polyhedral single crystals under eggshell membrane direction. Appl. Phys. A 104, 269–274 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-6122-1

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