Figure 2
From: Heterogeneous-surface-mediated crystallization control
Construction of nanocomposite substrate and crystallization behavior of Ag2O on it. (a, b) X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and Raman patterns of glass and nanocomposite samples, respectively. (c) Typical low-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrograph of the nanocomposite. (d) High-resolution TEM image of a single nanocrystal. (e–g) Atomic force microscope (AFM) images of nanocomposite (e), glass (f) and TiO2 single crystal (g), respectively. The insets present the roughness analysis and thie surface roughness was estimated to be ~1.65, 1.18 and 0.25 nm, respectively. The scales are same and indicated in e. (h, i) Photographs showing the composite substrate before and after Ag2O deposition, respectively. The physical size of composite substrate is 10 × 10 × 2 mm3. (j, k) scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of Ag2O grown on the composite and glass surface, respectively.
