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NANOSCALE
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 3860-3867Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1nr10606f
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- National Natural Foundation of China [50872145]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2007CB936301, 2009CB930803]
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
- Shanghai Education Development Foundation [09SG01]
- National Science Foundation for Postdoctoral Scientists of China [20110490647]
- [9140C4403090902]
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Uniform BaTiO3 nano-torus with either concave or epicenter holes were synthesized by a hydrothermal method. Experimental observations indicated that the BaTiO3 nano-torus with an average diameter ranging from 50 to 100 nm was of tetragonal phases at room temperature. The morphology of the BaTiO3 nano-torus depends on the shape of the original titanium dioxide precursor and reaction time. The microwave absorption properties of both the BaTiO3 nano-torus and the BaTiO3 solid nanoparticles were examined between 2-18 GHz microwave frequency bands. The maximum reflection loss of the BaTiO3 nano-torus reached -28.38 dB at 11.36 GHz, compared to that of -12.87 dB at 16.32 GHz of the BaTiO3 solid nanoparticles. The nearly 120% enhancement of the reflection loss in the range of 8-12 GHz was probably attributed to the hollow volume inside the BaTiO3 nano-torus which might contribute more dissipation and scattering effects of the microwave. Growth mechanisms of the BaTiO3 nano-torus were also investigated by changing both the reaction time from 0.5 h to 48 h and the reactants concentration ratio between Ba(OH)(2)center dot 8H(2)O and titanium dioxide. Both an in situ transformation'' mechanism and a dissolution-precipitation'' growth mode were proposed.
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