An inorganic route for controlled synthesis of W18O49 nanorods and nanofibers in solution

Inorg Chem. 2003 Oct 6;42(20):6169-71. doi: 10.1021/ic034771q.

Authors

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260.

PMID: 14514291
DOI: 10.1021/ic034771q

Abstract

In this work, we describe a simple inorganic route for synthesis of monodispersed W(18)O(49) nanorods with dimensional control in the quantum confinement regime. The single-crystalline W(18)O(49) nanorods can be prepared into stable colloidal solutions, or assembled into fibrous and/or paper forms by tuning process parameters. The important role of Na(2)SO(4) salt in the synthesis has been demonstrated. This inorganic route should be feasible for large-scale production of low-dimensional nanostructured W(18)O(49).