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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 109, Issue 34, Pages 16439-16443Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp052370l
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Single-crystal beta-MnO2 nanotubes with diameters in the range 200-500 nm and lengths up to several micrometers were successfully prepared by a simple hydrothermal method through oxidizing MnSO4 with NaClO3 in the presence of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP). It was found that the formation process of beta-MnO2 nanotubes included two primary evolution stages over time: (1) the MnOOH nanoparticles initially formed in the hydrothermal system and anisotropic growth to nanorods and nanorod aggregates, and (2) the MnOOH nanorods transformed into beta-MnO2 tubular structure and grown into beta-MnO2 nanotubes due to continuous growth through a dissolution-recrystallization process eventually. Based on a series of experimental analysis, the formation mechanism of these nanostructures was discussed briefly. The present study has enlarged the family of nanotubes available and offers a possible new, general route to one-dimensional single-crystalline nanotubes of other materials.
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