Issue 47, 2011
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Accelerated electron beam induced breakdown of commercial WO3 into nanorods in the presence of triethylamine

Graham Dawson,*a   Wuzong Zhoub  and  Ross Blackleyb  

* Corresponding authors

a i-Lab Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanobionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
E-mail: gdawson2006@sinano.ac.cn

b School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, United Kingdom

Abstract

Tungsten oxide nanorods were prepared from commercial crystalline WO3 particles treated with triethylamine under electron beam irradiation in an electron microscope operating at 200 kV. The amine acts as a molecular knife, cleaving the particles under beam irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Accelerated electron beam induced breakdown of commercial WO3 into nanorods in the presence of triethylamine

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CP22596K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Aug 2011
Accepted
06 Oct 2011
First published
27 Oct 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 20923-20926

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Accelerated electron beam induced breakdown of commercial WO3 into nanorods in the presence of triethylamine

G. Dawson, W. Zhou and R. Blackley, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 20923 DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22596K

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