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Octahedron-shaped zinc stannate (Zn₂SnO₄) crystals and hexagonal cylinder-like ZnO crystals were synthesized through a simple thermal evaporation method under uncomplicated conditions of air atmosphere. The Zn₂SnO₄ octahedrons were grown by heating a mixture of ZnS and SnO powders, and the ZnO hexagonal cylinder-like crystals were fabricated by heating mixtures of..... More

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SnO₂ nano/micro-crystals with different morphologies were fabricated by the thermal evaporation of SnO₂ powders mixed with Ga₂O₃ powder. The synthesis process was performed at 1300℃ in air. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were used to examine the..... More

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MgO nanowires were grown by a thermal evaporation method at different N₂/O₂ gas ratios in order to investigate the effect of oxygen concentration on the growth and luminescence properties of the MgO nanowires. A thermal evaporation process was conducted at 1000^oC and under a pressure of 500Torr. No nanowires were..... More

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MgO nanowires with a branched structure were fabricated using a thermal evaporation method in air at atmospheric pressure. The branched MgO nanowire was made up of two parts: a primary central nanowire trunk and lots of secondary nanowire branches. The branched MgO nanowires had a 4-fold symmetrical structure. The secondary..... More

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Ultrathin MgO nanosheets were successfully synthesized by thermal evaporation of a mixture of Mg and graphite powders as the source material. The synthesis was performed at 1000 ^oC in air. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the two-dimensional MgO nanosheets had widths of several micrometers and the thickness of less than..... More

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Hexagonal-shaped ZnO nanodisks were synthesized at temperatures above 1000oC via thermal evaporation of a mixture of ZnO, SnO, and graphite powders as the source materials. Notably, the ZnO nanodisks were easily formed in ambient air at atmospheric pressure. The ZnO nanodisks could not be obtained without SnO in the source..... More

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One-dimensional Al and Al₂O₃ nano/microstructures were fabricated via thermal oxidation of Al and SnO₂ powder mixtures at temperatures below the melting point of Al (660 oC). Furthermore, the synthesis process was carried out in air at atmospheric pressure, which made the process very simple and easy. Sn metal particles with..... More

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ZnO nano/microstructures were grown via a simple thermal evaporation process in air at atmospheric pressure. Mixtures of ZnS and carbon powders were used as the sources. The effects of growth temperature and mass ratio of carbon powder to ZnS on the morphologies and luminescence properties of the ZnO nano/microstructures were..... More

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TiO₂ nanostructures were synthesized using a thermal evaporation method without a catalyst. TiO powders mixed with graphite powders were used as the source materials. The synthesis process was performed in air atmosphere at 1000 °C. When the mass ratio of TiO/graphite in the source material was 2:1, TiO₂ nanowires and..... More