Hydrothermal synthesis of perovskite bismuth ferrite

crystallites
Chao Chen, Jinrong Cheng, Shengwen Yu, Lingjuan Che, Zhongyan Meng
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, PR
China
Journal of Crystal Growth - J CRYST GROWTH 01/2006; 291(1):135-139.
DOI:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.02.048

The Growth of Bismuth Sulfide Nanorods from

Spherical-Shaped Amorphous Precursor Particles under
Hydrothermal Condition
Pravas Kumar Panigrahi and Amita Pathak
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
Received 22 October 2012; Accepted 3 January 2013

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