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Photoluminescence and magnetic properties of β-Ni(OH)2 nanoplates and NiO nanostructures

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Single-crystalline β-nickel hydroxide (β-Ni(OH)2) nanoplates of hexagonal structure have been synthesized through hydrothermal process. The β-Ni(OH)2 nanoplates possess well-defined hexagonal shapes with landscape dimension of 45–140 nm and thickness of 20–50 nm. Post-thermal decomposition of the β-Ni(OH)2 nanoplates led to the formation of single-crystalline NiO nanostructures with landscape dimension of 25–120 nm including nanorolls, nanotroughs and nanoplates. The sizes of the central hole in NiO nanorolls and the low-lying ground in NiO nanotroughs are in the range of 10–24 nm. Two photoluminescence emission peaks appear at 390.5 nm and 467 nm in the photoluminescence spectrum of NiO nanostructures and were assigned to the 1T1 g (G) → 3A2 g and 1T2 g (D) → 3A2 g transitions of Ni2+ in oxygen octahedral sites, respectively. Temperature-dependent magnetic measurement results show that an antiferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition occur at 26.3 K in β-Ni(OH)2 nanoplates.

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The authors thank S. S. Pan and Prof. G. H. Li for help in photoluminescence measurement. This work was supported by the Research Foundation of Ph.D-degree-conferred subject in University (20070512002), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents (NCET) in University, and the Program for Excellent Young Scientists in Wuhan City, China.

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    Yajun Qi & Chaojing Lu

  2. Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China

    Hongyan Qi & Chaojing Lu

  3. Superconductivity R&D Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, People’s Republic of China

    Ye Yang & Yong Zhao

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Yong Zhao

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Qi, Y., Qi, H., Lu, C. et al. Photoluminescence and magnetic properties of β-Ni(OH)2 nanoplates and NiO nanostructures. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 20, 479–483 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-008-9755-5

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