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Chem. Commun., 2006, 1121 - 1123, DOI: 10.1039/b514595c


From ribbons to nanodot arrays: nanopattern design through reductive annealing

Palaniappan Arumugam, Samuel S. Shinozaki, Ruomiao Wang, Guangzhao Mao and Stephanie L. Brock


A new approach to the generation of nanoparticle arrays in periodic as well as non-periodic fashions has been discovered based on reduction of oxidized nanoscroll/nanoribbon precursors in the transmission electron microscope (carbothermal reduction) or by hydrogen annealing. Arrays consisting of nickel arsenide nanoparticles of size 3–4 nm have been generated.

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