Advanced Materials, Vol.17, No.1, 42-42, 2005
Three-dimensionally oriented aggregation of a few hundred nanoparticles into monocrystalline architectures
Three-dimensional nanoarchitectures (see Figure) are formed by the oriented aggregation of CuO nanoparticles. One-dimensional orientation in the early stages of aggregation (in the [001] plane) of CuO nanoparticles is followed by formation of single-crystalline nanostructures consisting of hundreds of oriented nanoparticles.