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Spikey nanostructures: ZnO nanostructures in the size range of several nanometers to tens of nanometers are prepared via the nonhydrolytic alcoholysis of zinc acetate in oleic acid and oleyl alcohol at elevated temperatures. By varying the relative ratio of oleic acid to oleyl alcohol, spiked clusters (see image) and tetrapod-like ZnO nanostructures with different sizes can be obtained.
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