Hourglass-shaped Ni nanoparticles were synthesized with a hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure. The unconventional crystalline structure could be stabilized by intensive utilization of hexadecylamine. The dense organic layer on the surface protected the meta-stable crystalline structure.

Introduction IV-VI compounds are regarded as average group V material. In crystalline group V elements and IV-VI compounds, the Peierls distortion occurs. Strong bonds with short bond length and relatively weak bonds with long bond length coexist in the crystal. Therefore anisotropic contraction of the local structure is expected under pressure [1]. In crystalline SnSe, atoms form two dimension...

in this study, nickel-phosphorus coating was prepared by electrodeposition technique on the 304 stainless steel substrate. the effects of current density, phosphorous acid concentration, time and ph on the phosphorous content was investigated using taguchi method. a uniform amorphous-nanocrystalline structure (ni-12%p) was obtained. sem, eds, tem and xrd were used in order to study the surface ...

highly crystalline bi3+-doped cadmium oxide (cdo) sub-micron structures were synthesized by calcination the obtained precursor from a sol-gel reaction. the reaction was carried out with cadmium nitrate (cd(no3)2.4h2o), bismuth nitrate (bi(no3)3.5h2o) and ethylene glycol (c2h6o2) reactants without any additives at 80°c for 2h. resulting gel was calcined at 900 °c with increasing temperature rate...