A VO-seeded Approach for the Growth of Star-shaped VO2 and V2O5 Nanocrystals: Facile Synthesis Structural Characterization and Elucidation of Electronic Structure
Obtaining shape and size control of strongly correlated materials is imperative to obtain a fundamental understanding of the influence of finite size and surface restructuring on electronic instabilities in the proximity of the Fermi level. We present here a novel synthetic approach that takes advantage of the intrinsic octahedral symmetry of rock-salt-structured VO to facilitate the growth of six-armed nanocrystallites of related, technologically important binary vanadium oxides VO2 and V2O5. The prepared nanostructures exhibit clear six-fold symmetry and most notably show remarkable retention of electronic structure. The latter has been evidenced through extensive X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1042251
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-97929-2012-JA; TRN: US201212%%662
- Journal Information:
- CrystEngComm, Vol. 13, Issue 17; ISSN 1466-8033
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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