Aluminum nitride (AlN) nanobelts were successfully synthesized in high yield through a chloride assisted vapor-solid process. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and selected area electronic diffrac...Aluminum nitride (AlN) nanobelts were successfully synthesized in high yield through a chloride assisted vapor-solid process. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and selected area electronic diffraction demonstrate that the as-prepared nanobelts are pure, structurally uniform and single crystalline, and can be indexed to hexagonal wurtzite structure. The micro observations show that there exist no defects in the obtained nanobelts. The growth direction of the nanobelts is along [0001]. The frequency spectra of the relative dielectric constant and of the dielectric loss were measured in the frequency range of 50 Hz to 5 MHz. Analysis of these spectra indicates that the interface in samples has great influence on the dielectric behavior of samples. As compared with AlN micropowders, AlN nanobelts have much higher relative dielectric constant, especially at low frequencies at room temperature.展开更多
基金ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10674138 and No.20571022). The authors express their appreciations to Professor Q. F. Fang, Dr. X. P. Wang, and Mr. Z. J. Cheng for the technical support and helpful discussions in the dielectric measurements.
文摘Aluminum nitride (AlN) nanobelts were successfully synthesized in high yield through a chloride assisted vapor-solid process. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and selected area electronic diffraction demonstrate that the as-prepared nanobelts are pure, structurally uniform and single crystalline, and can be indexed to hexagonal wurtzite structure. The micro observations show that there exist no defects in the obtained nanobelts. The growth direction of the nanobelts is along [0001]. The frequency spectra of the relative dielectric constant and of the dielectric loss were measured in the frequency range of 50 Hz to 5 MHz. Analysis of these spectra indicates that the interface in samples has great influence on the dielectric behavior of samples. As compared with AlN micropowders, AlN nanobelts have much higher relative dielectric constant, especially at low frequencies at room temperature.