Journal
MICRON
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 821-826Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.07.002
Keywords
Microstructures; Nanostructures; Metal oxides; Flame synthesis; Growth mechanism
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- National Science Foundation [CFS-0854433]
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The growth and morphological evolution of molybdenum-oxide microstructures formed in the high temperature environment of a counter-flow oxy-fuel flame using molybdenum probes is studied. Experiments conducted using various probe retention times show the sequence of the morphological changes. The morphological row begins with micron size objects exhibiting polygonal cubic shape, develops into elongated channels, changes to large structures with leaf-like shape, and ends in dendritic structures. Time of probe-flame interaction is found to be a governing parameter controlling the wide variety of morphological patterns; a molecular level growth mechanism is attributed to their development. This study reveals that the structures are grown in several consecutive stages: material evaporation and transportation, transformation, nucleation, initial growth, intermediate growth, and final growth. XRD analysis shows that the chemical compositions of all structures correspond to MoO2 (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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