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Inheriting morphology and photoluminescence properties of MgO nanoplates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Xiaoqing Qiu
Affiliation:
State Key Structural Chemistry Laboratory, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fujian 350002, People’s Republic of China
Guangshe Li
Affiliation:
State Key Structural Chemistry Laboratory, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fujian 350002, People’s Republic of China
Liping Li*
Affiliation:
State Key Structural Chemistry Laboratory, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fujian 350002, People’s Republic of China
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a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This work reports on a new morphology-inheriting methodology to MgO nanoplates. Precursor of Mg(OH)2 nanoplates was synthesized by a solvothermal method and showed a hexagonal shape. The morphological features of Mg(OH)2 nanoplates were retained to the resulting MgO nanoplates using a programmed heating process. MgO nanoplates showed highly hydroxylated surfaces. Upon excitation, the interactions between hydroxyl groups and surface O2−4c and O2−3c species gave rise to a dominant ultraviolet emission at 415 nm.

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