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CRYSTENGCOMM
Volume 15, Issue 7, Pages 1397-1403Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ce26330k
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11072208, 11272274, 11032010]
- Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [12JJ1007]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20114301110004]
- Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of PR China [201143]
- Innovation Fund Project for Graduate Student of Hunan Province [CX2011B252, CX2012B246]
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Single-crystalline Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT) nanostructures with various morphologies including nanoplates, lamellae, nanobelts and nanorods have been controllably synthesized by a facile hydrothermal process. The structure and morphology characterizations of BIT were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution TEM (HRTEM). The type of mineralizer and concentration play an important role on the structure and morphology of BIT products. A possible growth mechanism has been proposed by time-dependent experiments. In addition, UV-Vis absorption spectra have shown that the as-synthesized BIT samples have a slightly red-shift behavior. The piezoelectricity of BIT nanoplates and lamellae are confirmed by piezoresponse force microscopy. Local piezoresponse force measurements display a typical butterfly curve, indicating good ferroelectric property of the BIT nanoplates and lamellae.
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