Abstract
Abstract Crystalline nanowires, nanoribbons, nanorings and sphere like architectures of cadmium carbonate have been synthesized with the spontaneous self-assembly of nanocrystals in aqueous solution under hydrothermal condition. The powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns of these materials exhibit phase pure hexagonal structure. The perfect circular nanorings with radius 375–437 nm, as a new member of nanostructured cadmium carbonate family are being reported for the first time. The width of the cadmium carbonate nanowires/nanoribbons and nanorings, respectively are found to be in the range 11–30 and 26–50 nm as observed by transmission electron microscope (TEM). The effect of temperature and concentration of urea on the cadmium carbonate morphology is discussed. The plausible growth mechanism for the formation of nanorings is also proposed.
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