• 文献标题:   Synthesis Strategy of Metal Oxide Quantum Wires via a Nanoparticle-Induced Graphene Oxide Rolling Procedure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHU XY, OU Y, GUO YC, HE Y, JIN SW, ZHOU Y
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  • 出版物名称:   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   0020-1669 EI 1520-510X
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00893 EA JUN 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The efficient synthesis of quantum materials is becoming a research hotspot as it determines their successful application in the fields of biomedicine, illumination, energy, sensors, information, and communication. Among the quantum materials, it is still a challenge to synthesize quantum wires (QWs) with surfactants due to the inevitable radial growth of QWs in the soft template method. In this paper, amphipathic graphene oxide (GO) was adopted as a macromolecular surfactant to limit the radial growth instead of the commonly used surfactant. GO could roll up under its electrostatic interaction with a cuprous oxide (Cu2O) quantum dot (QD) and then form a tubular template for the growth of the Cu2O QW, which was named herein as the nanoparticle-induced graphene oxide rolling (NIGOR) procedure. The NIGOR procedure was confirmed by the molecular dynamics results by simulating systems consisting of GO and Cu2O nanoparticles. An intermediate with a necklace morphology corresponding to the simulation result was also observed experimentally during the formation of the QW. Meanwhile, the formation mechanism of the QW was demonstrated rationally. Furthermore, increasing the dosage of the reactant, reaction time, and temperature altered the diameter of the QW from 2 to 4 nm and also changed the morphology of the final products from a QD to a QW and then to a bundle of QWs. This was attributed to the aggregation of materials for the lowest surface energy in the system. Additionally, the universality of NIGOR was manifested via the synthesis of other metal oxides as well. The NIGOR strategy provided an alternative, convenient, and mass production method for synthesizing QWs.