Nano-sized structures (nanopores, nanoclusters, nanowires) that formed on van-der-Waals surfaces of CdI2 during their curing in air under near-equilibrium thermodynamic conditions were found using atomic-force microscopy. A mechanism of nanocluster formation was proposed. They nucleated and grew in nano-sized pores. Aggregation of the nanoclusters gave rise to the formation of nanowires. Photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy showed that the nanoclusters contained cadmium hydroxide [Cd(OH)2)] and oxide (CdO). A formation mechanism of these nanophases was proposed.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 89–95, January–February, 2015.
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Bolesta, I.M., Rovetskii, I.N., Karbovnik, I.D. et al. Formation and Optical Properties of CdI2 Nanostructures. J Appl Spectrosc 82, 84–90 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-015-0068-1
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