Nano-structured Zinc oxide is of high potential importance and has wide range of applications. We have made an attempt to investigate the effect of adding Mn 2+ and S 2separately as dopants on the structural, optical, and magnetic properties of nano-structured ZnO. A total of five samples pure and Mn 2+ and S 2added each with two different concentrations viz. 2.5 and 5.0 weight percentages were...

A sandwich structured Bi2Te3-nanoplates/graphene-nanosheet (Bi2Te3/G) hybrid has been synthesized by a facile in situ solvothermal route and has been investigated as a potential anode material for Li-ion batteries. Bi2Te3 grows during the solvothermal process with the simultaneous reduction of graphite oxide into graphene. The in situ formation process of the hybrid has been investigated by X-r...

Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) supported highly porous polycrystalline V(2)O(5) spheres (V(2)O(5)/rGO) were prepared by using a solvothermal approach followed by an annealing process. Initially, reduced vanadium oxide (rVO) nanoparticles with sizes in the range of 10-50 nm were formed through heterogeneous nucleation on rGO sheets during the solvothermal process. These rVO nanoparticles were oxid...

In this paper, uniform hydroxyapatite (HA) nanowires of width 60 nm and length 1 μm are synthesized by solvothermal synthesis. The formation process of the nanowires has been elaborated from the structure within the reverse micelles by the time-resolved fluorescence quenching technique. The results reveal that the formation of amorphous nuclear/surfactant complex and the electrostatic field wit...

Spring-like superstructures consisting of layered tin(IV) hydrogen phosphate nanodisks can be obtained via a one-pot solvothermal reaction of tin tetrachloride and phosphoric acid in ethanol. These superstructures are active anode materials for the lithium-ion battery.

A SnO2-N-doped graphene (SnO2-NG) composite is synthesized by a rapid, facile, one-step microwave-assisted solvothermal method. The composite exhibits excellent lithium storage capability and high durability, and is a promising anode material for lithium ion batteries.

Fluorescent B-doped carbon quantum dots (BCQDs) were prepared by a facile one-pot solvothermal route. The BCQDs can be used as a novel fluorescence sensing system for hydrogen peroxide and glucose detection.

Uniform antimony (Sb) nanotubes were successfully synthesized via a facile solvothermal method without the need for any surfactants or templates. The Sb nanotubes are confirmed to be pure rhombohedral phase and have better crystallinity. These nanotubes show middle-hollow and open-ended structures, as well as multi-walled structures with the wall thickness of about 10 nm. Also, they have an ave...

In our work, ciprofloxacin was extracted from the raw material ciprofloxacin hydrochloride and coordinated with the metal ions of copper, manganese and zirconium. The procedures include the comparison of the autoclave method with the solvothermal method, synthesizing the corresponding complexes and conducting antibacterial test on nearly 20 kinds of bacteria. It is shown that under the conditio...