title: Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties & Applications
author:  Guozhong Cao 
description: ... gives the basic information on fabrication and properties of nanostructures in a coherent way ... makes understanding of the subject easier.
zlib_text: © 2003 Zikang Tang and Ping Sheng/CRC Press LLC
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  Solvothermal Synthesis of
  Non-oxides Nanomaterials
  Yi-tai Qian*
  Structure Research Lab & Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials
  Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Science &
  Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
  Non-oxides are traditionally prepared by solid state reactions of elements at high
  temperature, which is difficult for preparing nanomaterials; the pyrolysis of
  organometallic precursors containing M-N bonds sometimes give amorphous
  products. It is necessary to post-treatment at high temperature for their
  crystallization, which, however, results in the growth of particles and the particle
  sizes beyond the nanometer scale.
  Solvothermal synthesis is analogous to hydrothermal synthesis, except that the
  organic solvents replace the water as the reaction medium. This method is effective
  in avoiding the oxidation, hydrolysis and volatilization of non-oxides and their
  reactants, and favorable for reaction and c