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dc.contributor.authorSun, Weihao
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Wuzong
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-13T15:30:06Z
dc.date.available2022-07-13T15:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-11
dc.identifier280478679
dc.identifier25512dc5-66fe-4fc9-8fcb-0002453b25ca
dc.identifier85135181631
dc.identifier000822735100001
dc.identifier.citationSun , W & Zhou , W 2022 , ' Growth mechanism and microstructures of Cu 2 O/PVP spherulites ' , RSC Advances , vol. 12 , no. 31 , pp. 20022-20028 . https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA03302Jen
dc.identifier.issn2046-2069
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9752-7076/work/115941681
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/25660
dc.descriptionWS wishes to thank University of St Andrews for a CSC-St Andrews scholarship.en
dc.description.abstractCu2O spherulites are solvothermaly fabricated by using Cu(NO3)2 as the starting material and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a multifunctional growth agent. The specimens at different growth stages are investigated by using X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, soft X-ray emission spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy. The formation mechanism of Cu2O spherulites is proposed accordingly. Hierarchically, the spherulites are composed of needle-like submicron-rods lying along the radial orientations. The submicron-rods are constructed by piling up of small Cu2O/PVP spheres. The embedded Cu2O nanocrystallites can generate a dipolar field in each along the [100] direction. They deposit at the surface of a negatively charged PVP-containing spherical core, and self-oriented along the radial directions. Therefore, all the Cu2O nanocrystallites would have their positively charged (100) facet facing to the core and their negatively charged (00) facet turning towards to the spherulite surface, leading to a negatively charged surface of spherulites. Unlike randomly oriented nanocrystallites embedded in polymer microspheres, the spherulites would not undergo surface recrystallisation into a single crystal shell due to the restricted potential of local shift and rotation of the nanocrystallites by the Coulomb force from the core. This work provides new perspective towards the formation of spherulites and their structural properties.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRSC Advancesen
dc.subjectQD Chemistryen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectMCCen
dc.subject.lccQDen
dc.titleGrowth mechanism and microstructures of Cu2O/PVP spherulitesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Chemistryen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. EaSTCHEMen
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/D2RA03302J
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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