A facile and controllable synthesis of gamma-Al2O3 nanostructures without a surfactant

作者:Tang B*; Ge JC; Zhuo LH; Wang GL; Niu JY; Shi ZQ; Dong YB
来源:European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005, (21): 4366-4369.
DOI:10.1002/ejic.200500159

摘要

Boehinite [AlOOH] nanoneedles, nanorods, and nanotubes were successfully synthesized by a facile sol-hydrothermal method without using any surfactant. Calcination of the corresponding boehmite nanostructures at 700 degrees C gave the corresponding gamma-Al2O3 nanoneedles, nanorods, and nanotubes. The resulting products were characterized by XRD, TEM, HRTEM, and FT-IR spectroscopy. We found that the conditions used to produce the sol and the pH value of the hydrothermal process have important effects on the nucleation and growth of nanostructured materials.