Broom-like and flower-like heterostructures of silver molybdate through pH controlled self assembly |
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Authors: | D P Singh B Sirota S Talpatra P Kohli C Rebholz S M Aouadi |
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Institution: | 1.Departamento de Física,Universidad de Santiago,Santiago,Chile;2.Department of Physics,Southern Illinois University,Carbondale,USA;3.Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,Southern Illinois University,Carbondale,USA;4.Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,1687, University of Cyprus,Nicosia,Cyprus |
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Abstract: | Silver molybdate microrods are self-assembled into micron sized, broom-like and flower-like structures. Our investigations
indicate that through a simple hydrothermal process, large scale production of such structure is possible. Using ammonium
molybdate and silver nitrate solutions as precursors, we were able to show that the self assembled architectures were dependent
on the pH of the starting precursor material. To understand the formation and destructions of the flower-like morphology,
a systematic broad range (from acidic to basic) of pH-controlled experiments were performed and its influence on the structure/microstructure
of synthesized materials was investigated. Scanning electron microscopy studies revealed that the morphology and microstructure
of the products varied significantly by changing pH values from 3 to 8 during mixing of the reactants. pH = 3 and 4 resulted
in the self assembly of monoclinic Ag2(Mo2O7) microrods into broom-like structures, whereas pH = 5 resulted into the flower-like morphology of mixed phase of monoclinic
and triclinic Ag2Mo2O7. We also found that increasing the pH after a certain threshold value (for example pH > 6) resulted in total collapse of
the flower-like morphology. Further increase of the pH to 7 and 8 resulted, the formation of microparticles of Ag2MoO4. A tentative scheme based on the pH-driven evolution of the self-assembly has been given to explain the formation of the
observed heterostructures. Preliminary electrical characterization of thin films of the flower-like structures rendered non-linear
current–voltage (I–V) responses. We also observed a strong hysteresis in the I–V responses of the flower-like structures developed
under high bias conditions. |
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