Issue 17, 2010
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Chemical Communications

ZnO: a versatile template to obtain unusual morphologies of silica, gold and carbon nanostructures†

Katla Sai Krishna,‡a   Ganeshan Vivekanandan,‡b   Duduka Ravindera  and  Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Nanomaterials and Catalysis Lab, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit and DST Unit on Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
E-mail: eswar@jncasr.ac.in
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b Department of Chemistry, AVC College, Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai, India

Abstract

Unusual morphologies of silica, gold and carbon were obtained by using ZnO nanostructures as templates. Microdrums and pencil-shaped ZnO nanostructures are successfully replicated into silica, gold and carbon analogues which are otherwise difficult to make.

Graphical abstract: ZnO: a versatile template to obtain unusual morphologies of silica, gold and carbon nanostructures

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B926271G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Dec 2009
Accepted
11 Feb 2010
First published
05 Mar 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 2989-2991

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K. S. Krishna, G. Vivekanandan, D. Ravinder and M. Eswaramoorthy, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 2989 DOI: 10.1039/B926271G

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