Wu Xufeng, Bai Hua, Li Chun, Lu Gewu, Shi Gaoquan
Key Lab of Bio-organic Phosphorus of Education Commission of China, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Apr 21(15):1655-7. doi: 10.1039/b516497d. Epub 2006 Mar 8.
Highly oriented ZnO nanoneedle/nanorods arrays have been fabricated by direct oxidation of zinc foil in alkaline zincate ion solution at near room temperature (20 degrees C for nanoneedles, 30 degrees C for nanorods).