Catalyst-Free Synthesis and Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Single Crystalline Ca2B2O5•H2O Nanobelts and Stacking Faulted Ca2B2O5 Nanogrooves
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Article
Abstract
Single crystalline Ca2B2O5·H2O (CBOH) nanobelts were synthesized for the first time using a facile catalyst-free hydrothermal method at low temperature. After being annealed at 400 °C for 10 h, the CBOH nanobelts transformed into curve-shaped Ca2B2O5(CBO) nanogrooves with ordered stacking fault arrays along the [1̅10] direction. The single crystalline CBOH nanobelts and the stacking faulted CBO nanogrooves provided a unique platform for investigating the effects of hydrated H2O and stacking faults on the mechanical properties of nanomaterials. Nanoindentation tests were performed directly on individual CBOH nanobelts and CBO nanogrooves to probe their mechanical properties. It was found that the CBOH nanobelts, with the presence of hydrated H2O, achieved 28.7% increase in elastic modulus, whereas the stacking faulted CBO nanogrooves, with the absence of hydrated H2O, exhibited 99% loss in elastic modulus, compared to bulk CBO.
Publication Info
Published in Nano Letters, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2010, pages 255-262.
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(c) American Chemical Society, 2010.
Bao, L., Xu, Z-H., Li, R. & li, X. (13 January 2010). Catalyst-Free Synthesis and Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Single Crystalline Ca2B2O5·H2O Nanobelts and Stacking Faulted Ca2B2O5 Nanogrooves. Nano Letters, 10 (10, 255 – 262. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl9034187