Magnesium catalyzed growth of SiO(2) hierarchical nanostructures by a thermal evaporation process

Zhihong Liu; Qing Yang; Hui Zhang; Lei Wang; Dongsheng Li; Deren Yang

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/19/16/165601

Magnesium catalyzed growth of SiO(2) hierarchical nanostructures by a thermal evaporation process

Nanotechnology. 2008 Apr 23;19(16):165601. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/16/165601. Epub 2008 Mar 20.

Authors

Zhihong Liu¹, Qing Yang, Hui Zhang, Lei Wang, Dongsheng Li, Deren Yang

Affiliation

¹ State Key Lab of Silicon Materials and Department of Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 21825645
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/16/165601

Abstract

SiO(2) hierarchical nanostructures consisting of a wire-like main stem and lots of rod-like sub-branches have been synthesized by a magnesium catalyzed thermal evaporation process. It is indicated that magnesium plays a critical role in the synthesis of SiO(2) hierarchical nanostructures including promotion for SiO evaporation and hierarchical-like growth of SiO(2). Moreover, the photoluminescence (PL) analysis of the SiO(2) hierarchical nanostructures reveals that blue and ultraviolet (UV) emissions are detected, which are different from those of other SiO(2) nanostructures. Finally, the growth mechanism and PL emission of SiO(2) hierarchical nanostructures have been preliminarily discussed.