Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2015,6, 881–885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.90
nitrate and thiamine hydrochloride were selected as the starting materials in the water phase under hydrothermal conditions. No addition of a surfactant or a complex reagent was required for the synthesis of the Cu1.8Sdendrite structures. Thiamine hydrochloride was employed as a sulfur source and
structure-directing agent. The growth mechanism of Cu1.8S is tentatively discussed based on the experimental and computational results.
Keywords: biomaterials; crystal growth; crystal structure; Cu1.8Sdendrite; hydrothermal; Introduction
Recently, Cu1.8S with a unique structure has attracted great
the observed lattice spacing of 0.196 and 0.278 nm match with the (0 1 20) and (1 0 10) planes of Cu1.8S, respectively. It can be concluded from the analysis that the main trunk of a Cu1.8Sdendrite grows along the (0 1 20) direction.
To understand the formation mechanism of the Cu1.8Sdendrite, we
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Figure 1:
Powder XRD pattern of Cu1.8S synthesized after a reaction time of 24 h.