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dc.contributor.authorRichmond, William
dc.contributor.authorCowley, J.
dc.contributor.authorParkinson, Gordon
dc.contributor.authorSaunders, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:03:34Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:03:34Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:25:36Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationRichmond, William and Cowley, John and Parkinson, Gordon and Saunders, Martin. 2006. An electron microscopy study of b-FeOOH (akaganeite) nanorods and nanotubes. CrystEngComm 8 (1): 36-40.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28183
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/b513423d
dc.description.abstract

High-resolution TEM images reveal that samples of b-FeOOH (akaganeite) prepared by quenching of a condensed ferrihydrite gel contain a mixture of rod-like particles and tubes. The tubular particles are usually about 10-15 nm in diameter with a central void that is typically 1/3 of the particle diameter. Dark-field STEM images show that the tubular particles are made up of single crystals that extend across the whole tube diameter, but only rarely extend along the whole length of the tube. Both the solid rods and the tubes appear to be based on subunits of approximately 3-4 nm in diameter, and it is proposed that formation of the akaganeite particles, both tubes and rods, results from secondary nucleation of these subunits at sites on particle edges, followed by rapid linear growth along the c-direction of the akaganeite structure.

dc.publisherThe Royal Society of Chemistry
dc.titleAn electron microscopy study of b-FeOOH (akaganeite) nanorods and nanotubes
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume8
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage36
dcterms.source.endPage40
dcterms.source.titleCrystEngComm
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curtin.identifierEPR-1197
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDepartment of Applied Chemistry
curtin.facultyDivision of Engineering, Science and Computing
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science


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