Chemical Communications 2010-06-14

A facile preparation of mullite [Al2(Al(2.8)Si(1.2))O(9.6)] nanowires by B2O3-doped molten salts synthesis.

Pengyu Zhang, Jiachen Liu, Haiyan Du, Sha Li, Rui Xu

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 46(22) , 3988-90, (2010)

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Abstract

Al-rich single-crystal mullite [Al(2)(Al(2.8)Si(1.2))O(9.6)] nanowires were prepared by B(2)O(3)-doped molten salts synthesis. The nanowires have diameters in the range 30-50 nm and typical lengths of 1 microm. The mullite nanowires were well dispersed and facile to obtain.