Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 900-902.

• Research Note • Previous Articles    

Synthesis of Flowerlike Zn Nanoplate Aggregates by Vapor Deposition

RUAN Wei-dong1,2, YANG You-ming1, ZHOU Tie-li1, NIU Li2, ZHANG Xin-dong2,3*, TAO Yan-chun1, LOMBARDI John R.1,4 and ZHAO Bing1*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China;
    2. Engineering Laboratory for Modern Analytical Techniques, State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China;
    3. State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China;
    4. Department of Chemistry, the City College of New York, New York 10031, USA
  • Received:2010-11-17 Revised:2011-05-20 Online:2011-09-25 Published:2011-09-06
  • Contact: ZHAO Bing;ZHANG Xin-dong E-mail:zhaob@jlu.edu.cn; xindong@jlu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20827004, 20873050, 20921003, 20973074, 21073072), the “111” Project of China(No.B06009), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No.20100061120087) and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(No.20090451146).

Abstract: Synthesis of flowerlike Zn nanoplate aggregates by vapor deposition is reported. Zn, ZnO and activated carbon powders were used as evaporation sources. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption spectroscopy were employed to characterize the samples. The obtained flowerlike nanostructures had high-crystalline, super-thin and crystallographic-oriented nanopetals. The two-dimensional structures of Zn nanoplates have potential application in sensor and nanodevices.

Key words: Zinc, Nanostructure, Vapor deposition