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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanostructures Synthesized by Plasma-Enhanced Thermal Oxidation.

Bin Guo, Martin Košiček, Junchi Fu, Yazhou Qu, Guanhua Lin, Oleg Baranov, Janez Zavašnik, Qijin Cheng, Kostya Ken Ostrikov, Uroš Cvelbar

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Bin GuoSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. guobin19920917@163.com.
Martin KošičekJožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. martin.kosicek@ijs.si.
Junchi FuSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. fjc@ronbaymat.com.
Yazhou QuSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. qyz1991@live.com.
Guanhua LinSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. guanhualin1992@gmail.com.
Oleg BaranovJožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. oleg.baranov@ijs.si.
Janez ZavašnikJožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. janez.zavasnik@ijs.si.
Qijin ChengSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. qijin.cheng@xmu.edu.cn.
Kostya Ken OstrikovSchool of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia. kostya.ostrikov@qut.edu.au.
Uroš CvelbarJožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. uros.cvelbar@ijs.si.
Xiamen University · CNJožef Stefan Institute · SICommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AUNational Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute · UA

Funding

Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission JCYJ20170306141238532Slovenian Research Agency L2-7667Slovenian Research Agency P2-0082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To unravel the influence of the temperature and plasma species on the growth of single-crystalline metal oxide nanostructures, zinc, iron, and copper foils were used as substrates for the study of nanostructure synthesis in the glow discharge of the mixture of oxygen and argon gases by a custom-made plasma-enhanced horizontal tube furnace deposition system. The morphology and microstructure of the resulting metal oxide nanomaterials were controlled by changing the reaction temperature from 300 to 600 °C. Experimentally, we confirmed that single-crystalline zinc oxide, copper oxide, and iron oxide nanostructures with tunable morphologies (including nanowires, nanobelts, etc.) can be successfully synthesized via such procedure. A plausible growth mechanism for the synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures under the plasma-based process is proposed and supported by the nanostructure growth modelling. The results of this work are generic, confirmed on three different types of materials, and can be applied for the synthesis of a broader range of metal oxide nanostructures.

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growth mechanismmaterial characterizationmetal oxide nanostructuresnanostructure growth modellingplasma-enhanced thermal oxidation

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PMID31581687
PMCPMC6835849
OpenAlexW2977283664

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